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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 Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")
(a) "A reliance on fate."
(b) "Special powers."
(c) "A slight of the hand by the handlers."
(d) "A hidden listing of occupations."

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

3. According to the narrator in "My First Tooth," why is writing something down the best thing to do?
(a) Then others can read your story.
(b) Then you can forget.
(c) Then it can be verified.
(d) Then it can be published.

4. What was the name of the prisoner who was allowed to drive the tractor? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Lebedev.
(b) Skinkov.
(c) Rombard.
(d) Grieser.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")

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

3. In "My First Tooth," what was written in coal on the walls of the basement?

4. What, in "Chief of Political Control," was summoning the hospital director?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the narrator in "My First Tooth" state that it was easier to bear something after you write it down? ("My First Tooth.")

7. Why did Gusev break the window in the basement of the former monastery? ("My First Tooth.")

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

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

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

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