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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 Seva refuse to play cards for? ("On Tick.")
(a) A pillow.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Boots.
(d) A coat.
2. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A stick.
(b) A stone.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A watch.
3. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")
(a) "The Count of Montecristo."
(b) "Utopia."
(c) "The Club of Black Jacks."
(d) "The Vampire."
4. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Flour.
(c) Oats.
(d) Wheat.
5. Why did Kurchen write his letter with his left hand instead of his right?
(a) He had been shot in the right shoulder.
(b) His right hand had been burned.
(c) He was crippled on his right side.
(d) He lost his right hand in the ovens.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?
2. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?
3. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")
4. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?
5. What did Golubev fake so he would not have to return to work? ("A Piece of Meat")
Short Essay Questions
1. What question did the new arrivals ask of the old convicts in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?
2. What decision did the men in "Dry Rations" make regarding their food?
3. Why did the convicts that had been in the camps take their bread back to their barracks? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle")
4. What plans did Bagretsov have for the underwear that he took off of the corpse?
5. How did the story "Sententious" end?
6. Who did Gloubev recognize in the hospital as he was recovering from his appendectomy? ("A Piece of Meat.")
7. What notations did the guards, described in "Prosthetic Appliances", use to show that a convict would not receive hot food and/or bread?
8. Why did Garkunov die at the end of "On Tick"?
9. Given that convicts were not allowed to see a thermometer, how did they know when temperatures reached 60 degrees below zero in "Carpenters"?
10. What hypothesis was tested in the story "Quiet"?
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