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

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

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

4. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Tradesmen.
(b) Human rejects.
(c) The deformed.
(d) Professionals.

5. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?
(a) A school.
(b) A mission.
(c) A private home.
(d) Huts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the convicts spend the night in "My First Tooth"?

2. What was being performed in the camp in "Esperanto"?

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

4. Once on the train, who did the narrator find in his seat? ("The Train.")

5. What job did Skoroseev volunteer to do since no one else could or would? ("Esperanto.")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What "magical powers" did Stukov have? ("Magic")

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

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

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

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