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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Major Pugachov's Last Battle, On Tick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) A laundry.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A whore-house.
(d) A bookstore.

2. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?
(a) A man who took his bread.
(b) A man who took his shoes.
(c) Another prisoner.
(d) A guard.

3. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a gift.
(b) As a fog.
(c) As a comfortable bed.
(d) As a place of comfort.

4. What work gang was never worried about in regard to running away? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")
(a) The road gang.
(b) The bathhouse gang.
(c) The mine gang.
(d) The forestry gang.

5. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Cake.
(d) Sugared bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")

3. What did the prisoners refuse to eat in the dining hall and take back to their barracks? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")

4. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?

5. How many axe handles were the men in "Carpenters" required to make every day?

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