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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where, in "Magic," was Golubev summoned to?
(a) The guardhouse.
(b) The supply room.
(c) The bathhouse.
(d) The office of the chief.

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

5. Who reminded the narrator of "Esperanto"?
(a) An escaping convict.
(b) A wandering actor.
(c) A guard.
(d) A dying convict.

6. In what year was the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot" born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1928.

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

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

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

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

11. What equipment arrived from America and, therefore, convicts learned a new word?
(a) Bulldozer.
(b) Crane.
(c) Front-end loader.
(d) Harvester.

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

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

14. Who was Golubev's bosses favorite? ("Magic.")
(a) Aldan.
(b) Demidova.
(c) Yakutsk.
(d) Miller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it in the opening of "My First Tooth"?

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

3. Why was Peter Zayats beaten by the guards in "My First Tooth"?

4. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")

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

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