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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was told, at the end of "The Lawyers' Plot", had happened to Rebrov?
(a) He had been arrested.
(b) He had been sentenced to the mines.
(c) He had been killed.
(d) He had escaped.

2. At the end of "Esperanto," what did Skoroseev ask of the narrator after he had spent the night in his (Skoroseev's) home?
(a) A smoke.
(b) A meal.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Payment for the night.

3. What, in the narrator's language, meant "run off at the mouth"? ("Esperanto.")
(a) Drooling
(b) Tetling.
(c) Ticking.
(d) Squealing.

4. What color armbands did the military patrol wear at the train station? ("The Train.")
(a) Grey.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Navy.

5. In Kolyma, what "keeps secrets and reveals them"? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) God.
(b) Convicts.
(c) Stone.
(d) Guards.

6. What fresh prints were described at the opening of "Land Lease"?
(a) Plow prints.
(b) Tractor prints.
(c) Human footprints.
(d) Animal prints.

7. What provided unexpected joy for the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) That he was able to feel the heat of the stove.
(b) That no one knew his name.
(c) That others were weaker than he.
(d) That he would never lose his law papers.

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

9. According to Golubev's boss in "Magic," who are all of the carpenters?
(a) Those with bruised hands.
(b) The peasants.
(c) The men with belts.
(d) Those with stitches on their arms.

10. What was the hospital director doing with the doctors at the opening of "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Watching a surgery.
(b) Complaining about the prisoners.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Playing pool.

11. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?
(a) A mission.
(b) Huts.
(c) A private home.
(d) A school.

12. What was the name of the guard with the bright-blue eyes in "My First Tooth"?
(a) Gusev.
(b) Noken.
(c) Siberkov.
(d) Sherbakov.

13. What time was the narrator to go see Romanov in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) 12:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 8:00.

14. What were "unfortunate ones" made to think that machine grease was? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Butter.
(b) Warmed coal.
(c) Medicinal ointment.
(d) Honey.

15. What number gang was the director questioning in "The Injector"?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. On a how many day march were the men in "My First Tooth" on?

2. Why was the window in the basement broken? ("My First Tooth.")

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

4. At the end of "The Train," where did the narrator state that he was returning from?

5. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

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