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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunstroke by Ivan Bunin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
(a) Friends.
(b) Cakes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Gold pieces.

2. What is the French name of the tailor?
(a) Laurent.
(b) Leon.
(c) Lepoutant.
(d) Lyonne.

3. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(b) A wedding dress.
(c) Two clergy robes.
(d) A krasnya kniga.

4. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A carriage whip.
(c) A swagger-stick.
(d) A night stick.

5. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) An amshanik.
(c) A plashet.
(d) An apiary.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where has the woman in "Sunstroke" boarded the steamer?

2. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?

3. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant hear in the cathedral?

4. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?

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

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