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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?
(a) Saw.
(b) All of those listed.
(c) Pick.
(d) Wheelbarrow.

2. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive hot food?
(a) X.
(b) NHF.
(c) XHF.
(d) XX.

3. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?
(a) 58.
(b) 14.
(c) 114.
(d) 67.

4. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) A work house.
(b) A "vitamin factory."
(c) The bathouse.
(d) The commander's home.

5. Why did Kurchen write his letter with his left hand instead of his right?
(a) He was crippled on his right side.
(b) He had been shot in the right shoulder.
(c) He lost his right hand in the ovens.
(d) His right hand had been burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?

2. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?

3. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?

4. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?

5. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Sententious," who did the narrator say that he envied?

2. What decision did the men in "Dry Rations" make regarding their food?

3. How did the story "Sententious" end?

4. What did the narrator in "A Pushover Job" and his companion do to full-fill their quota of pine needles?

5. What happened to Grigoriev and Potashnikov after the foreman found out that they were not carpenters?

6. What materials were needed to make the playing cards that the men in "On Tick" used?

7. What did the narrator say about death in "Sententious"?

8. Who did Gloubev recognize in the hospital as he was recovering from his appendectomy? ("A Piece of Meat.")

9. What plans did Bagretsov have for the underwear that he took off of the corpse?

10. In "The Bathhouse," why was lice a relative concept to most convicts?

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