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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 did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Fear.

2. What, in "Land-Lease," was nicknamed "American honey"?
(a) Condensed milk.
(b) Glycerin.
(c) Syrup.
(d) Shortbread.

3. What did the Diamond trucks and Studebakers haul along the roads in Kolyma? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Soy.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Oats.
(d) Corn.

4. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

5. How many mechanics were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?

2. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?

3. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")

4. Under what title did Drabkina publish her memoirs? ("The Used-Book Deale.")

5. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

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