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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stories of what bridge made Golubev's boss ecstatic? ("Magic.")
(a) Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) Storbaelt Bridge.
(d) Eads Bridge.

2. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The desire to die.
(b) The renewed hope of life.
(c) The urge to escape.
(d) The danger of a "lurch into death."

3. Who reminded the narrator of "Esperanto"?
(a) An escaping convict.
(b) A dying convict.
(c) A guard.
(d) A wandering actor.

4. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?
(a) 500 feet away.
(b) A quarter mile away.
(c) A mile away.
(d) Half a mile away.

5. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?
(a) God Knows.
(b) Forever Free.
(c) Hope in God.
(d) Know to Live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Praga, in "Esperanto," do to his clothing?

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

3. What color armbands did the military patrol wear at the train station? ("The Train.")

4. What did the orderly tell the narrator to bring back from Romanov's home? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

5. What was the name of Golubev's boss in "Magic"?

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