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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lend-Lease, Condensed Milk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Golubev's boss like him? ("Magic.")
(a) Because he hated drunks.
(b) For none of the reasons listed.
(c) For both reasons listed.
(d) Because he did not accept bribes.

2. What did Fedya call Platonov in "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) Igor.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Michael.
(d) Russian.

3. What was the hospital director doing with the doctors at the opening of "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Complaining about the prisoners.
(b) Playing pool.
(c) Watching a surgery.
(d) Playing cards.

4. What was a "kolymka"?
(a) A bread.
(b) A camp.
(c) A pudding.
(d) A lamp.

5. What did the orderly tell the narrator to bring back from Romanov's home? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) A beer.
(b) A smoke.
(c) A coat.
(d) A piece of meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?

2. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")

3. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?

4. Before 1938, according to "Land-Lease," what was used to move logs?

5. What did Merzlakov pretend was hurt so that he would not have to return to work?

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