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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 mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?
(a) Supktov.
(b) Nintekuv.
(c) Mitenth.
(d) Duskania.

2. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?
(a) A pint of vodka.
(b) A pouch of tobacco.
(c) A record-player.
(d) A clean pair of underware.

3. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")
(a) Make bread.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Boil water.
(d) Bathe.

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

5. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A stone.
(c) A watch.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what did Major Pugachov tell a party boss he was preparing for?

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. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

4. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive bread?

5. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?

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