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

2. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A lawyer.

3. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?
(a) Two eggs.
(b) One slice of bread.
(c) Three spoonfuls of porridge.
(d) An ounce of milk.

4. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?
(a) 500 feet away.
(b) Half a mile away.
(c) A mile away.
(d) A quarter mile away.

5. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Sugared bread.
(c) Cake.
(d) Pudding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?

2. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?

3. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?

4. In "On Tick," what did the narrator say was the safest place to be?

5. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What notations did the guards, described in "Prosthetic Appliances", use to show that a convict would not receive hot food and/or bread?

2. What did Savelev do after finding Ivanovich hung himself?

3. How did Platonov, in "The Snake Charmer," die?

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

5. Why did the narrator state that love was the hardest emotion to return to convicts? ("Sententious.")

6. How did the story "Sententious" end?

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

8. What was the "circle" that was created regarding the relationship between work and food in "Shock Therapy"?

9. Why did Platonov decide to tell the thieves a story? ("The Snake Charmer.")

10. Why did Garkunov die at the end of "On Tick"?

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