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

2. What kind of underwear had the narrator not worn in years? ("The Train.")
(a) Knit underwear.
(b) Linen underwear.
(c) Cotton underwear.
(d) Silk underwear.

3. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")
(a) Secret police.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Geologists.
(d) Doctors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What "large village" was the first destination for the narrator in "The Train"?

2. In 1939, what quarantine had the narrator and five others endured? ("Esperanto.")

3. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")

4. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

5. Why did Golubev's boss like him? ("Magic.")

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the Senior Supervisor-Ministry of Internal Affairs' name impressed the narrator in "The Lawyer's Plot"?

2. Why was the new chief of political control at the hospital? ("The Chief of Political Control.")

3. Why were the convicts unable to eat the horse meat in "Esperanto"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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