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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Praga, in "Esperanto," do to his clothing?
(a) Tore it into rags.
(b) Traded it for tobacco.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Traded it for extra soup.

2. What did the man who asked the narrator for help, in carrying his baskets to the scales, have in his baskets? ("The Train.")
(a) Grain.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sunflower seeds.
(d) Fruit.

3. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")
(a) "A hidden listing of occupations."
(b) "A reliance on fate."
(c) "A slight of the hand by the handlers."
(d) "Special powers."

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

5. How many mechanics were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

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

7. On a how many day march were the men in "My First Tooth" on?
(a) 14 day.
(b) 5 day.
(c) 9 day.
(d) 10 day.

8. What, in "Chief of Political Control," was summoning the hospital director?
(a) A phone call.
(b) A siren.
(c) An alarm.
(d) A bell.

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

10. What were contained in the "magical jars" in the story "Land-Lease"?
(a) Pickles.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Spam.
(d) Vienna Sausages.

11. What position was Skoroseev given in "Esperanto."?
(a) Cook.
(b) Stockroom guard.
(c) Road builder.
(d) Watchman.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it in the opening of "My First Tooth"?

2. What was being performed in the camp in "Esperanto"?

3. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

4. How many carpenters were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?

5. What sun had burned the men's faces in "My First Tooth"?

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