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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the orderly tell the narrator to bring back from Romanov's home? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) A piece of meat.
(b) A smoke.
(c) A beer.
(d) A coat.

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

4. What color armbands did the military patrol wear at the train station? ("The Train.")
(a) Red.
(b) Grey.
(c) Navy.
(d) Green.

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

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

7. In Kolyma, what "keeps secrets and reveals them"? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Stone.
(b) Guards.
(c) Convicts.
(d) God.

8. What did the man who asked the narrator for help, in carrying his baskets to the scales, have in his baskets? ("The Train.")
(a) Fruit.
(b) Bread.
(c) Grain.
(d) Sunflower seeds.

9. At the end of "Esperanto," what did Skoroseev ask of the narrator after he had spent the night in his (Skoroseev's) home?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A smoke.
(c) Payment for the night.
(d) A meal.

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

11. Why was Peter Zayats beaten by the guards in "My First Tooth"?
(a) For being sick.
(b) Refusal to stand for roll-call.
(c) For taking extra food.
(d) For spitting on a guard.

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

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

14. According to the narrator in "My First Tooth," why is writing something down the best thing to do?
(a) Then it can be published.
(b) Then it can be verified.
(c) Then you can forget.
(d) Then others can read your story.

15. What provided unexpected joy for the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) That he would never lose his law papers.
(b) That he was able to feel the heat of the stove.
(c) That others were weaker than he.
(d) That no one knew his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?

2. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?

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

4. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")

5. On the train, in "The Train," what did the narrator state was his first happiness?

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