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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")
(a) Doctors.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Geologists.

3. According to the narrator in "My First Tooth," why is writing something down the best thing to do?
(a) Then you can forget.
(b) Then others can read your story.
(c) Then it can be verified.
(d) Then it can be published.

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

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

6. What color was the notebook that the men found in "A Child's Drawing"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

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

8. On the train, in "The Train," what did the narrator state was his first happiness?
(a) Love.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Faith.
(d) Hope.

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

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

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

12. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) Demetri.
(b) Gusev.
(c) Trentkov.
(d) Frentscov.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What equipment arrived from America and, therefore, convicts learned a new word?

2. Before 1938, according to "Land-Lease," what was used to move logs?

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

4. What train station was the location of "The Train" ?

5. What did the narrator not fear being stolen from him in "The Train"?

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