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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Piece of Meat, The Snake Charmer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Quiet," what was concerning to the narrator about the tables in the camp dining room?
(a) They were broken.
(b) They were sticky.
(c) They were clean.
(d) They were full of food.

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

3. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?
(a) Shor.
(b) Grisha.
(c) Karavaev.
(d) Panin.

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

5. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
(a) Infestation.
(b) Wishes.
(c) Eating.
(d) Lamenting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")

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

3. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?

4. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?

5. For Potashnikov, how long did his breakfast sustain his work? ("Carpenters.")

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