One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Study Guide

1. How much time is there between reveille and roll call?

• two hours
• sixty minutes
• ninety minutes
• thirty minutes

2. Who is the guard who punishes Shukhov for sleeping past reveille?

• "One-and-a-half" Ivan
• The Tartar
• Tiurin
• Vdovushkin

3. What is the number of Shukhov's squad?

• 75th
• 102nd
• 400th
• 104th

4. What is Shukhov's prisoner identification number?

• P 802
• P 508
• S 509
• S 854

5. Which of the following types of men does Kuziomin not say don't make it in camp?

• Those who squeal on their buddies
• Those who are seen alone, not in a group
• Those who count on doctors to pull them through
• Those who lick other men's leftovers

6. Which of the following are not a type of footwear Shukhov has worn in his years in camp?

• Leather boots
• Valenki
• Chetezes
• Magara

7. What does Shukhov keep hidden in his boots?

• A spoon
• A needle
• His bread ration
• Pages copied from the Bible

8. A "fight is on" between an outdoor temperature of what and Shukhov's body temperature of what?

• -17 and +99 degrees
• -41 and +102 degrees
• -27 and +100 degrees
• -20 and +98.5 degrees

9. Which of the following times of a man's day in the camp does Solzhenitsyn not describe as a time of freedom?

• Over meals
• Between reveille and roll call
• Sleeping
• Waiting for the doctor

10. What "dream" of respite from working on the "Socialist Way of Life" settlement does Shukhov entertain in the morning before roll call?

• Being ill for two or three weeks, fed on nothing but clear soup
• Return to the days of fighting on the front of the war
• A job like Vdovushkin's, writing poetry and working indoors
• Three days of penalty with work‹hot food and no time to think