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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 sun had burned the men's faces in "My First Tooth"?
(a) Aphelion sun.
(b) Ural sun.
(c) Perihelion sun.
(d) Endergonic sun.

2. What did the Diamond trucks and Studebakers haul along the roads in Kolyma? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Soy.
(d) Oats.

3. What color was the notebook that the men found in "A Child's Drawing"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. What "large village" was the first destination for the narrator in "The Train"?
(a) Gravetoch.
(b) Yakutsk.
(c) Timeron.
(d) Moscow.

5. What, in "Land-Lease," was nicknamed "American honey"?
(a) Shortbread.
(b) Glycerin.
(c) Condensed milk.
(d) Syrup.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the bodies been in the mass grave? ("Land-Lease.")

2. What was the Convict Injector to be replaced with? ("The Injector")

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

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")

5. What fresh prints were described at the opening of "Land Lease"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Kudinov's reasoning for why the convict work gang #4 stood idol on November 12th? ("The Injector.")

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

3. What did Shestakov offer the narrator as nourishment to aid in an upcoming escape attempt? ("Condensed Milk.")

4. According to the narrator in "The Lawyer's Plot," what were the three ways out of the mine?

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

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

7. In "A Child's Drawing," why did the convicts stand in groups of five when guards were dividing out work assignments?

8. What was the narrator shocked by about the blade of the bulldozer? ("Land-Lease.")

9. Why was the new chief of political control at the hospital? ("The Chief of Political Control.")

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

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