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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 did Praga, in "Esperanto," do to his clothing?
(a) Burned it.
(b) Traded it for extra soup.
(c) Tore it into rags.
(d) Traded it for tobacco.

2. According to Golubev's boss in "Magic," who are all of the carpenters?
(a) Those with stitches on their arms.
(b) The peasants.
(c) The men with belts.
(d) Those with bruised hands.

3. What did the narrator call "precious things" in "Esperanto"?
(a) Convict clothing.
(b) Civilian clothing.
(c) Pea coats.
(d) Felt boots.

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) Demetri.
(b) Gusev.
(c) Frentscov.
(d) Trentkov.

5. What train station was the location of "The Train" ?
(a) Irkutsk.
(b) Tranpot.
(c) Niemerov.
(d) Diertsuv.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

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

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

4. Who was Golubev's bosses favorite? ("Magic.")

5. At the end of "Esperanto," what did Skoroseev ask of the narrator after he had spent the night in his (Skoroseev's) home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Golubev watch Stukov's "game" with pleasure? ("Magic.")

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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