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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 had the narrator written complaints about? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Guard beatings.
(b) Weather work conditions.
(c) Bread rations.
(d) Bunk conditions.

2. In the notebook in "A Child's Drawings", what were all the houses surrounded by?
(a) Roads.
(b) Animals.
(c) Trees.
(d) Fences.

3. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Imperialist League.
(b) The Young Communist League.
(c) The Red Power League.
(d) The Youth League of Russia.

4. What did the chief, in "Chief of Political Control," refuse in place of doing business first?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Rest.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Lunch.

5. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")
(a) Song.
(b) People.
(c) Bread.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?

2. Who was shot in "Quiet"?

3. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?

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

5. What kind of underwear had the narrator not worn in years? ("The Train.")

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