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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carpenters, Dry Rations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Imperialist League.
(b) The Youth League of Russia.
(c) The Red Power League.
(d) The Young Communist League.

2. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?
(a) The Sanitation Squad.
(b) The Bathhouse Squad.
(c) The section commanders.
(d) The work-men from the barracks.

3. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")
(a) To prepare food.
(b) To have thick soup.
(c) To eat alone.
(d) To eat with friends.

4. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A dentist.

5. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

2. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?

3. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

4. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?

5. How many parts did the men have to divide their rations into? ("Dry Rations.")

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