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

2. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?
(a) Twenty at a time.
(b) Five.
(c) Up to a hundred.
(d) Ten to fifteen.

3. What did Garkunov have under his dirty undershirt?
(a) A linen shirt.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A flak jacket.
(d) A fleece jacket.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?

2. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

3. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")

4. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?

5. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prosthetics were collected by the guards in "Prosthetic Appliances"?

2. In the story "In The Night," how did Bagretsov cut his finger?

3. Why did the convicts that had been in the camps take their bread back to their barracks? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle")

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

5. What "piece of meat" did Golubev offer up in sacrifice? ("A Piece of Meat.")

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

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

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

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

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

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