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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?
(a) The "larger men."
(b) The "starved men."
(c) The "hungry men."
(d) The "scrawny men."

2. In "The Snake Charmer," how long did Platonov say that he had been in Jankhar?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. 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) Half a mile away.
(c) A quarter mile away.
(d) A mile away.

4. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?
(a) Panin.
(b) Grisha.
(c) Karavaev.
(d) Shor.

5. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?
(a) 67.
(b) 114.
(c) 14.
(d) 58.

6. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?
(a) The food trucks.
(b) A clock.
(c) Where the blankets were.
(d) A thermometer.

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

8. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?
(a) Wheelbarrow.
(b) Saw.
(c) All of those listed.
(d) Pick.

9. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?
(a) All human emotions.
(b) All will to live.
(c) All need for food.
(d) All desire to survive.

10. To what Shakespearean character was the taker of "meat" compared?
(a) MacBeth.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Shylock.
(d) Antonio.

11. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?
(a) Solider's foot prints.
(b) Deer prints.
(c) Wagon prints.
(d) Tractor prints.

12. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

13. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) The bathouse.
(b) The commander's home.
(c) A work house.
(d) A "vitamin factory."

14. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?
(a) A bread supply.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A lost purse.
(d) A road to escape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?

2. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?

3. What did the narrator refuse to give up at the end of "Prosthetic Appliances"?

4. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?

5. During what months would the dwarf cedar tree rise up from the ground?

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