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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Skoroseev volunteer to do since no one else could or would? ("Esperanto.")
(a) Butcher a horse.
(b) Murder the chief.
(c) Go out into the blizzard for supplies.
(d) Shoe a horse.

2. What was the name of Golubev's boss in "Magic"?
(a) Stiffern.
(b) Flakov.
(c) Stukov.
(d) Kindner.

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

4. What kind of injection did the chief in "Chief of Political Control" need?
(a) Insulin.
(b) Subcutaneous.
(c) Blood thickener.
(d) Glucose.

5. 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.

6. What did the narrator state was worse than criminals who robbed him? ("Esperanto.")
(a) The government.
(b) The guards.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The food.

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

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

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

10. What did the narrator call "precious things" in "Esperanto"?
(a) Convict clothing.
(b) Pea coats.
(c) Felt boots.
(d) Civilian clothing.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the convicts spend the night in "My First Tooth"?

2. What day was it during "Chief of Political Control"?

3. What time was the narrator to go see Romanov in "The Lawyers' Plot"?

4. How long had the bodies been in the mass grave? ("Land-Lease.")

5. At the end of "The Train," where did the narrator state that he was returning from?

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