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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 Romanov's real occupation? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Secret police.
(b) Nazi informant.
(c) Informant for the German Army.
(d) American spy.

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

3. What day was it during "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

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

5. What did the narrator say was mixed into the bread that made it "magnificent"? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of underwear had the narrator not worn in years? ("The Train.")

2. What month was it in the opening of "My First Tooth"?

3. On the train, in "The Train," what did the narrator state was his first happiness?

4. What did the chief, in "Chief of Political Control," refuse in place of doing business first?

5. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?

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

3. What did convicts receive as payment for keeping their mouths shut about guards beating them? ("The Chief of Political Control.")

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Praga, in "Esperanto," hack his clothing to rags?

9. What happened at the end of "Esperanto" to the narrator"?

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

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