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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many axe handles were the men in "Carpenters" required to make every day?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 90.
(d) 50.

2. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?
(a) Solider's foot prints.
(b) Tractor prints.
(c) Deer prints.
(d) Wagon prints.

3. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) A work house.
(b) The commander's home.
(c) The bathouse.
(d) A "vitamin factory."

4. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?
(a) All human emotions.
(b) All need for food.
(c) All desire to survive.
(d) All will to live.

5. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Duck.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Quail.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

2. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")

3. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?

4. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

5. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

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