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

2. According to "The Lawyers' Plot," how many paths led out of the mine?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

3. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")
(a) Secret police.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Geologists.

4. What provided unexpected joy for the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) That others were weaker than he.
(b) That he was able to feel the heat of the stove.
(c) That he would never lose his law papers.
(d) That no one knew his name.

5. Why was Peter Zayats beaten by the guards in "My First Tooth"?
(a) For spitting on a guard.
(b) For being sick.
(c) Refusal to stand for roll-call.
(d) For taking extra food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time was the narrator to go see Romanov in "The Lawyers' Plot"?

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

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

4. What did the orderly tell the narrator to bring back from Romanov's home? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

5. In what year was the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot" born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the narrator decide that he had not been lucky in getting called to Romanov's home? ("The Lawyer's Plot.")

2. Where did the narrator hide his money during his train ride? ("The Train.")

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

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

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

6. What was written on the cell ceiling of the monastery basement? ("My First Tooth.")

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

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

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

10. What about the Senior Supervisor-Ministry of Internal Affairs' name impressed the narrator in "The Lawyer's Plot"?

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