View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?
(a) Bread.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Grits.

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

3. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?
(a) Tractor prints.
(b) Solider's foot prints.
(c) Deer prints.
(d) Wagon prints.

4. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?
(a) Noon tea.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Supper.

5. What was a "kolymka"?
(a) A pudding.
(b) A bread.
(c) A camp.
(d) A lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?

2. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?

3. For Potashnikov, how long did his breakfast sustain his work? ("Carpenters.")

4. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?

5. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the story "Sententious" end?

4. Why were camp officials perplexed by the convicts avoidance of the bathhouse?

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

6. Why did Merzlakov fake a back injury in "Shock Therapy"?

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

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

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"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 717 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample