Vocab
Member of the working class.
Who is Der Muscovite?
Der is the new building foreman, who is said to have worked in a ministry previously.
What was the benefit of having a good work report?
You get bigger rations.
What story was Tiurin telling everyone?
How his dad was a kulak and he got kicked out of the military and went to a camp.
Who did Tiurin give his brother to?
Road Workers
What were the prisoners mixing, what is it?
Mortar, for laying bricks
Who is Senka, and what is unique about him?
He is a prisoner, and he is deaf.
Why do prisoners listen to their squad leader during the break over a guard during work?
The squad leader is the one who feeds them.
What did Shukov ask for from Eino?
A pinch of tobacco
What part of the body is the worst to be cold?
Feet
What is kasha?
A cereal porridge, that X123 was eating.
What is Senka referred to as multiple times in this chapter? (out of pity)
Poor slob, poor guy, poor man
What does Shukov give Senka?
The rest of his cigarette
What did Der give Shukov a hard time for?
"You will tell him it was like that when we arrived. We came and that's how it was" What is the context?
Tiurin told this to Der when Der asked what to tell the superintendent about the windows.
What is a Kulak?
A kulak is a peasant who becomes wealthy. Tiurin's father was a kulak.
What is Eino's (Estonian brother) profession?
Fisherman
What did Shukov find in the snow?
Why was Tiurin at risk for being fired?
Der spotted the roofing felt on the windows.
"Scrape through today and hope for tomorrow" what is the context of it quote; what specific thing is it addressing?
Food/Rations or lack of rations on a certain day
Kilga calls Shukov (mockingly) Stakhonovite. What does this mean?
Stakhonovite is a name for someone who is a dedicated labor worker. Kilga was making fun of Shukov for not working hard.
Who is X123? + identifiers
Old prisoner, 20 year sentence
What was Shukov's profession?
Mason
Name three major plot details in this chapter.
Tiurin fixed a successful work report, even though they got no work done.
Tiurin talks about his father and getting sent to camp.
Shukov gets a cigarette.
They mix the mortar.
They chip the ice off the walls.
They build the walls.
Der gets into a conflict with Tiurin.
"So, after all, Creator, You do exist up there in heaven. Your patience is long-suffering but You strike hard" Identify the speaker.
Tiurin, he said this when he met his former colleague at the camp he was sent to.