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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. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?
(a) A month.
(b) 2 days.
(c) Forever.
(d) One week.

2. In "Quiet," what was concerning to the narrator about the tables in the camp dining room?
(a) They were broken.
(b) They were clean.
(c) They were sticky.
(d) They were full of food.

3. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")
(a) Songs.
(b) Love stories.
(c) Promises.
(d) Fairy tales.

4. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?
(a) The food storeroom keys.
(b) The grain room keys.
(c) The bathhouse keys.
(d) The clothing room keys.

5. What did the narrator say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?
(a) His ears.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His nose.
(d) His mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

2. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")

3. What did the prisoners refuse to eat in the dining hall and take back to their barracks? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")

4. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?

5. Why did Kurchen write his letter with his left hand instead of his right?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the story "Sententious" end?

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

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

6. Given that convicts were not allowed to see a thermometer, how did they know when temperatures reached 60 degrees below zero in "Carpenters"?

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

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

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

10. Why was the Siberian dwarf cedar called a "weatherman" by the narrator?

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