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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Flour.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Oats.

2. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?
(a) A knife.
(b) A zipper.
(c) A rock.
(d) A branch.

3. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?
(a) Six days.
(b) Two years.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) One year.

4. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Supper.
(c) Noon tea.
(d) Lunch.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?

2. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?

3. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?

4. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

5. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?

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