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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Moscow.
(d) The road to Lennigrad.

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

4. What book set did the narrator plan on buying once he reached Moscow? ("The Train.")
(a) "History of Russia."
(b) "The Complete Works of Walt Whitman."
(c) "The Complete Works of Shakespeare."
(d) "History of WWI."

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

6. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")
(a) The child.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The narrator's brother.
(d) God.

7. What number gang was the director questioning in "The Injector"?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

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

9. What did Nikishov claim was different about Kolyma? ("Chief of Political Control.")
(a) Its morality.
(b) Its prisoners.
(c) Its power.
(d) Its strength.

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

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

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

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

14. What was the Convict Injector to be replaced with? ("The Injector")
(a) An older injector.
(b) A new injector.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A civilian employee.

15. To what director was "The Injector" written to?
(a) The Director of Munitions.
(b) The Director of Mines.
(c) The Director of Incoming Prisoners.
(d) The Director of Supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Golubev's bosses favorite? ("Magic.")

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

4. In "Magic," what object was tapping on the window?

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

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