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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) Clothing.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Books.

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

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

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

5. What kind of underwear had the narrator not worn in years? ("The Train.")
(a) Cotton underwear.
(b) Silk underwear.
(c) Knit underwear.
(d) Linen underwear.

6. Before 1938, according to "Land-Lease," what was used to move logs?
(a) Convicts.
(b) Trains.
(c) Soliders.
(d) Horses.

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

8. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) The deformed.
(b) Human rejects.
(c) Professionals.
(d) Tradesmen.

9. What was Romanov's real occupation? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Secret police.
(b) Informant for the German Army.
(c) American spy.
(d) Nazi informant.

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

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

12. What did the narrator recall had been confiscated in Magadan? ("Esperanto.")
(a) Fleece coats.
(b) Fur coats.
(c) Books.
(d) Pants.

13. Once on the train, who did the narrator find in his seat? ("The Train.")
(a) A drunk lieutenant.
(b) A pregnant woman.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A child.

14. What did the orderly tell the narrator to bring back from Romanov's home? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) A smoke.
(b) A piece of meat.
(c) A coat.
(d) A beer.

15. How many carpenters were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")

2. What was the Convict Injector to be replaced with? ("The Injector")

3. What position was Skoroseev given in "Esperanto."?

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")

5. What, in the narrator's language, meant "run off at the mouth"? ("Esperanto.")

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