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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Hate.

3. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?
(a) A book by Shakespeare.
(b) A bible.
(c) A book by Victor Hugo.
(d) Matchbooks.

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

5. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The renewed hope of life.
(b) The urge to escape.
(c) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(d) The desire to die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?

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

4. What did Andrei Platonov do prior to being in the camps?

5. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given that convicts were not allowed to see a thermometer, how did they know when temperatures reached 60 degrees below zero in "Carpenters"?

2. What did the extra food give the sectarian the energy to do in "Quiet"?

3. In the story "In The Night," how did Bagretsov cut his finger?

4. What notations did the guards, described in "Prosthetic Appliances", use to show that a convict would not receive hot food and/or bread?

5. How did the story "Sententious" end?

6. What "piece of meat" did Golubev offer up in sacrifice? ("A Piece of Meat.")

7. Why was the Siberian dwarf cedar called a "weatherman" by the narrator?

8. Why did the narrator state that love was the hardest emotion to return to convicts? ("Sententious.")

9. What prosthetics were collected by the guards in "Prosthetic Appliances"?

10. Why were camp officials perplexed by the convicts avoidance of the bathhouse?

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