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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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Question 1

1.

What did the guard want Ivan to do in the morning?

file papers

prepare breakfast for the guards

mop the floor of the guardroom

volunteer in the infirmary

Question 2

2.

Where did Ivan hide his extra food?

a coffee tin

a hole in the wall

the mattress

a rod at the bottom of his bed

Question 3

3.

How long was Denisovich's sentence?

12 years

10 years

15 years

18 years

Question 4

4.

The food in the camp was NOT...

supplemented by parcels from home

rationed down to the ounce

all freshly grown by prisoners

given to squad leaders to dispense

Question 5

5.

the 104th spent the morning...

making knives to use on squealers

hiding a man for escape later

taking care of broken windows and stoves

mixing up large quantities of mortar

Question 6

6.

On what assignment had Ivan's group been working?

the Commandant's new house

new guard houses

a power plant

the roads

Question 7

7.

At the end of the work day, the 104th made arrangements, so...

Shukhov could hide the hacksaw blade

Senka could steal more firewood

Moldavian could find a hiding place

they could work longer to finish a 5th row

Question 8

8.

Why was Alyosha in prison?

treason

religious beliefs

murder

embezzlement

Question 9

9.

Shukhov assisted Tsezar with his parcel, because...

Tsezar's package also held messages from Shukhov's family

helpers often got a share of the parcel

Tsezar helped him win the mason's race

he would need help with his own parcel later

Question 10

10.

The prisoners were not marched out to work during snowstorms, because...

a few might freeze to death

one might escape

some might get too sick to work

the guards wanted to stay warm