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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Used-Book Dealer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do readers find out happened to Flemming's wife at the end of "The Used-Book Dealer"?
(a) She was taken prisoner.
(b) She left him.
(c) She died.
(d) She was convicted as a policital prisoner.

2. What day was it during "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) A laundry.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A whore-house.

4. To what director was "The Injector" written to?
(a) The Director of Supplies.
(b) The Director of Incoming Prisoners.
(c) The Director of Munitions.
(d) The Director of Mines.

5. What grade did the narrator receive on his test in chemistry? ("The Used-Book Dealer.")
(a) C.
(b) A.
(c) D.
(d) B.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator call "precious things" in "Esperanto"?

2. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

3. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")

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

5. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")

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