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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive bread?
(a) XB.
(b) NB.
(c) XX.
(d) XXX.

2. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?
(a) A book by Shakespeare.
(b) A bible.
(c) A book by Victor Hugo.
(d) Matchbooks.

3. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")
(a) "Utopia."
(b) "The Count of Montecristo."
(c) "The Club of Black Jacks."
(d) "The Vampire."

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

5. What did the sectarian need his extra portion of food to do? ("Quiet.")
(a) Lok forward to the next day.
(b) Decide to die.
(c) Get a good nights rest.
(d) Find hope in life.

6. What was the narrator sitting by at the opening of "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) A boulder.
(b) A gun.
(c) A fence.
(d) A tree.

7. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?
(a) A record-player.
(b) A pouch of tobacco.
(c) A pint of vodka.
(d) A clean pair of underware.

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

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

10. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a comfortable bed.
(b) As a place of comfort.
(c) As a fog.
(d) As a gift.

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

12. In "A Piece of Meat," how did Golubev always sleep?
(a) Standing.
(b) Sitting up.
(c) With a blanket over his head.
(d) In his clothes.

13. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?
(a) He died.
(b) He escaped.
(c) He gave in to the requests.
(d) He fell asleep.

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

15. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?
(a) The giant elm.
(b) The massive oak.
(c) The dwarf cedar.
(d) The dwarf pine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?

2. What did Garkunov have under his dirty undershirt?

3. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?

4. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

5. For Potashnikov, how long did his breakfast sustain his work? ("Carpenters.")

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