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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. From where did the new group of prisoners come from? ("Magic.")
(a) Moscow.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Prague.
(d) St. Petersburg.

2. On the train, in "The Train," what did the narrator state was his first happiness?
(a) Love.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Faith.
(d) Hope.

3. What was the name of Golubev's boss in "Magic"?
(a) Flakov.
(b) Stukov.
(c) Stiffern.
(d) Kindner.

4. What time was the narrator to go see Romanov in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) 3:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 6:00.
(d) 12:00.

5. What did the narrator not fear being stolen from him in "The Train"?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was being performed in the camp in "Esperanto"?

2. According to Golubev's boss in "Magic," who are all of the carpenters?

3. What book set did the narrator plan on buying once he reached Moscow? ("The Train.")

4. What did the man who asked the narrator for help, in carrying his baskets to the scales, have in his baskets? ("The Train.")

5. What sound did the narrator say was a symbol of the "mainland" for him? ("The Train.")

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gusev break the window in the basement of the former monastery? ("My First Tooth.")

2. Why were the convicts unable to eat the horse meat in "Esperanto"?

3. What did the bulldozer, in "Land-Lease," come to be used for?

4. What bliss did the narrator find while in Irkutsk? ("The Train.")

5. What happened to the Spam that was sent to the camps from America? ("Land-Lease.")

6. What game did the lieutenant and the narrator play during "The Train"?

7. How did the narrator come to remember the story "Esperanto"?

8. Why did the narrator in "My First Tooth" state that it was easier to bear something after you write it down? ("My First Tooth.")

9. Why was the narrator afraid to get off of the train at any station other than the Moscow station? ("The Train.")

10. Why was Golubev called to Stukov's home in "Magic"?

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