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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Yuletide Story by Mikhail Zoshchenko.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are sick.
(c) They are lucky.
(d) They are stupid.

2. What does Dolgushov do for a job?
(a) Statistician.
(b) Livery man.
(c) Telephonist.
(d) Cook.

3. Where is the Bishop sailing to in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) The Sakhalin Islands.
(b) The Solovetsky Islands.
(c) The Kuril Islands.
(d) Crete.

4. What sort of steamer does the woman take when she leaves the lieutenant in "Sunstroke"?
(a) A Samovar steamer.
(b) A paddle steamer.
(c) A Samolyot steamer.
(d) A stern-wheeler steamer.

5. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?
(a) The scholarly variety.
(b) The Caucasus variety.
(c) The clerk variety.
(d) The cornelian variety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives downstairs from Masha and Martin Martinych?

2. What is the name of the middle-aged citizen, according to his aunt who comes to the doctor the day after his visit?

3. What does the doctor forget at the middle-aged citizen's apartment?

4. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?

5. Whom does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" marry?

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