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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 Martin Martinych hide from Masha that is in his desk drawer?
(a) A match.
(b) A blue phial.
(c) A letter opener.
(d) A flask of whiskey.

2. In "Yuletide Story", who clears up the story of the middle-aged man for the doctor?
(a) The aunt.
(b) The militia.
(c) The grocer.
(d) The constable.

3. Whose scouts are scouring the field looking for the dead and for equipment in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
(a) Afonka's.
(b) Vytyagaichenko's.
(c) Timoshka's.
(d) Korochayev's.

4. Who else is on the ship besides the Bishop in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Military personnel.

5. 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?
(a) Offers him a new job as a clerk.
(b) Gives him more money.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Hits him with a stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the second hermit have trouble reciting what the Bishop teaches him?

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

3. How does the Bishop teach the three hermits to pray?

4. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?

5. In "Sunstroke", how old is the woman's child?

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