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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Tretetsky and his men learn on August 21, 1991?
(a) Gorbachev has stepped down.
(b) They have to stop digging.
(c) The coup was successful.
(d) The coup has failed.

2. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?
(a) The Poles.
(b) The French.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The Czechs.

3. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?
(a) December 5, 1987.
(b) November 16, 1985.
(c) November 2, 1987.
(d) November 4, 1990.

4. How many years did Bukharian's wife spend in prison or exile?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty years.

5. What was the work site where Colonel Tretetsky and his men worked?
(a) A deserted village.
(b) A bridge.
(c) Mass graves.
(d) An old factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Polish soldiers were killed the first night in Kalinin?

2. Where did Tretetsky serve before being assigned to the Military Prosecutor's Office?

3. What society did Pavel belong to that tells him that there could be enemies anywhere, even at home?

4. What statue was across the street from Remnick's apartment?

5. How old was Dmitri Yorosov when he started filling out index cards with the names of people who disappeared?

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