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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?
(a) Death.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Obedience.

3. At the end of "The Train," where did the narrator state that he was returning from?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Kolyma.
(c) Hell.
(d) England.

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

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

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

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

8. In "My First Tooth," what was written in coal on the walls of the basement?
(a) "Comrades, be strong!"
(b) "Remember your wives!"
(c) "Do not give up!"
(d) "Do not give up your humanity!"

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

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

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

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

13. From where did the new group of prisoners come from? ("Magic.")
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Prague.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Leningrad.

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

15. 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 he would never lose his law papers.
(c) That others were weaker than he.
(d) That no one knew his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of his life was the narrator ready to forget? ("The Train.")

2. Who reminded the narrator of "Esperanto"?

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

4. What color armbands did the military patrol wear at the train station? ("The Train.")

5. What, in "Chief of Political Control," was summoning the hospital director?

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