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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Used-Book Dealer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?
(a) "Never again."
(b) "There is always tomorrow."
(c) "Leave me to die."
(d) "Go to hell."

2. What month was it in the opening of "My First Tooth"?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) August.

3. What was the name of the guard with the bright-blue eyes in "My First Tooth"?
(a) Sherbakov.
(b) Noken.
(c) Gusev.
(d) Siberkov.

4. What did the man who asked the narrator for help, in carrying his baskets to the scales, have in his baskets? ("The Train.")
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Grain.
(d) Sunflower seeds.

5. What was Romanov's real occupation? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Nazi informant.
(b) Secret police.
(c) Informant for the German Army.
(d) American spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did the narrator say was a symbol of the "mainland" for him? ("The Train.")

2. In "On Tick," what did the narrator say was the safest place to be?

3. In Kolyma, what "keeps secrets and reveals them"? ("Land-Lease.")

4. What position did the narrator hold in the beginning of "The Used-Book Dealer"?

5. What did the narrator say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?

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