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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lend-Lease, Condensed Milk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a place of comfort.
(b) As a gift.
(c) As a fog.
(d) As a comfortable bed.

2. What was being yelled as Peter Zayats was thrown out of the shelter and into the snow? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) "Liar!"
(b) "Thief!"
(c) "Monster!"
(d) "Dragons!"

3. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) The deformed.
(b) Tradesmen.
(c) Human rejects.
(d) Professionals.

4. What did Andrei Platonov do prior to being in the camps?
(a) He was a novelist.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a movie scriptwriter.

5. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He died.
(c) He escaped.
(d) He gave in to the requests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

2. What were contained in the "magical jars" in the story "Land-Lease"?

3. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")

4. What did the sectarian need his extra portion of food to do? ("Quiet.")

5. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?

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