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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator not fear being stolen from him in "The Train"?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothing.

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

3. What sun had burned the men's faces in "My First Tooth"?
(a) Endergonic sun.
(b) Ural sun.
(c) Perihelion sun.
(d) Aphelion sun.

4. Why did Golubev's boss like him? ("Magic.")
(a) Because he did not accept bribes.
(b) For both reasons listed.
(c) For none of the reasons listed.
(d) Because he hated drunks.

5. In 1939, what quarantine had the narrator and five others endured? ("Esperanto.")
(a) TB.
(b) The plague.
(c) Measles.
(d) Typhoid.

6. What "large village" was the first destination for the narrator in "The Train"?
(a) Yakutsk.
(b) Timeron.
(c) Gravetoch.
(d) Moscow.

7. What did the narrator call "precious things" in "Esperanto"?
(a) Convict clothing.
(b) Felt boots.
(c) Pea coats.
(d) Civilian clothing.

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

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

10. Where did the convicts spend the night in "My First Tooth"?
(a) A bathhouse.
(b) A cave.
(c) A police station.
(d) A barracks.

11. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")
(a) The road to Lennigrad.
(b) The road to Siberia.
(c) The road to Moscow.
(d) The road to Tibet.

12. According to "The Lawyers' Plot," how many paths led out of the mine?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

13. Why had the lawyers in "The Lawyers' Plot" been taken to the House of Vaskov?
(a) To be released.
(b) To be shot.
(c) To have a last meal.
(d) To be sentenced.

14. How long had the bodies been in the mass grave? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Since 1894.
(b) Since 1938.
(c) Since 1902.
(d) Since 1947.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much oatmeal did the convicts receive in their portions? ("Land-Lease")

2. What did the narrator state was worse than criminals who robbed him? ("Esperanto.")

3. What month was it in "The Lawyers' Plot"?

4. What did the chief, in "Chief of Political Control," refuse in place of doing business first?

5. What was the name of the prisoner who was allowed to drive the tractor? ("Land-Lease.")

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