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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. Why is Ginzburg summoned to a Party meeting?
(a) For not denouncing Elvov.
(b) For failing to denouce Trotsky strenuously enough in a recent lecture.
(c) For missing two meetings in a row when she was ill.
(d) For having a book in her home that was published outside of Russia.

2. Who is Alyosha?
(a) Ginzburg's oldest son.
(b) Ginzburg's best friend who disappears.
(c) Ginzburg's brother who disappears.
(d) The judge that sentences Ginzburg.

3. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?
(a) They are conducted by incompetent judges.
(b) Corrupt and hypocritical.
(c) Honest but flawed.
(d) Self-serving.

4. What has happened to the entire government of Tartary?
(a) They have resigned their positions en-masse.
(b) The Tartary government meetings have been suspended.
(c) The have been imprisoned.
(d) The Tartary government has been accused of collusion with terrorists.

5. Why is Ginsburg sad on September 1, 1935?
(a) It is the anniversary of when her young son had died.
(b) She is no longer allowed to teach and it's the first day of school.
(c) It is the anniversary of when her young daughter had died.
(d) It is the anniversary of when she first started teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ginzburg happy after her trial?

2. Why is Ginzburg's watch inaccurate?

3. Where is Ginzburg sent at the opening of Chapter 19?

4. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?

5. Who is Garey Sagidullin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are some of Ginzburg's cellmates at Krasin Street Prison?

2. What does Ginzburg discover about the charges against her as she is traveling back to Moscow?

3. Who are Ginzburg's new cell mates?

4. What does one prisoner do and others follow that breaks up the horror of their situation momentarily?

5. Who is Zinaida Abramova and how is she treated at the prison?

6. What do Ginzburg and her husband decide to do for the school holidays and what does she say about the people who are at the same vacation spot?

7. How do the prisoners communicate in Krasin, and what disturbing piece of news does Ginzburg receive in one such communication?

8. What is the "Conveyor Belt" interrogation method and how is it used on Ginzburg?

9. Who is Professor Elvov and how does he have bearing on Ginzburg's life?

10. What is mentioned about the Red Tatary and why does Ginzburg threaten one prisoner in French?

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