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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 it can be published.
(c) Then others can read your story.
(d) Then it can be verified.

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

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

4. What sound did the narrator say was a symbol of the "mainland" for him? ("The Train.")
(a) Soft voices.
(b) The train whistle.
(c) Russian music.
(d) Laughter.

5. Why was the window in the basement broken? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) To throw out the dead bodies.
(b) To get snow to melt to drink.
(c) To try to escape.
(d) To get fresh air.

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

7. What was being yelled as Peter Zayats was thrown out of the shelter and into the snow? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) "Monster!"
(b) "Thief!"
(c) "Liar!"
(d) "Dragons!"

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

9. How many mechanics were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

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

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

12. What sun had burned the men's faces in "My First Tooth"?
(a) Endergonic sun.
(b) Perihelion sun.
(c) Ural sun.
(d) Aphelion sun.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator state was worse than criminals who robbed him? ("Esperanto.")

3. What fresh prints were described at the opening of "Land Lease"?

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

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

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