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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 fresh prints were described at the opening of "Land Lease"?
(a) Human footprints.
(b) Animal prints.
(c) Plow prints.
(d) Tractor prints.

2. What was the hospital director doing with the doctors at the opening of "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Playing pool.
(c) Watching a surgery.
(d) Complaining about the prisoners.

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

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

5. Once on the train, who did the narrator find in his seat? ("The Train.")
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A child.
(c) A drunk lieutenant.
(d) A pregnant woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kolyma, what "keeps secrets and reveals them"? ("Land-Lease.")

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

3. What did the narrator recall had been confiscated in Magadan? ("Esperanto.")

4. Where, in "Magic," was Golubev summoned to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Sazonov directed to the poorer hut in "My First Tooth"?

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

6. Why was Stukov contemptuous and delighted by the shifty-eyed man's admittance about his being an informant? ("Magic")

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

8. How did the narrator describe Romanov in "The Lawyer's Plot"?

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

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

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