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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Dolgushov injured?
(a) His back.
(b) His belly.
(c) His head.
(d) His legs.

2. How much does the prescription cost that the doctor issues to the middle-aged citizen in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Two rubles.
(b) Seventy kopeks.
(c) A head cheese.
(d) Forty kopeks.

3. What are nurses doing as they lie in the grass in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Bleeding.

4. In "In Bondage," what does Antoshka say the peasants do to each other when they get mad?
(a) Ostracize each other.
(b) Fight each other with swords.
(c) Curse each other.
(d) Poison each other.

5. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant hear in the cathedral?
(a) Ominous chanting.
(b) Bells tolling.
(c) Loud singing.
(d) A sermon.

6. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?
(a) His desk.
(b) His gloves.
(c) His overshoes.
(d) His hat.

7. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?
(a) Scriabin.
(b) Rimsky-Korsakov.
(c) Shostakovich.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

8. In "The Death of Dolgushov", who is the disgraced commander of the Fourth Division?
(a) Radziwillow.
(b) Korochayev.
(c) Selikhov.
(d) Martinych.

9. What is playing below the window when Martin Martinych comes over to Masha's house while she is playing piano?
(a) A bassoon.
(b) An organ-grinder.
(c) A violin.
(d) A trumpet.

10. What does the doctor forget at the middle-aged citizen's apartment?
(a) His umbrella.
(b) His tool bag.
(c) His hat.
(d) His overshoes.

11. What does the lieutenant drink when he gets back to the hotel in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Rum punch.
(c) Seltzer water.
(d) Vodka.

12. What is the name of Varka's late father?
(a) Fyodor Laputin.
(b) Vasily Konych.
(c) Anton Strapovich.
(d) Efim Stepanych.

13. What does Dolgushov hand to the troop commander?
(a) His flints.
(b) His eyeglasses.
(c) His regimental book.
(d) His telephone.

14. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what city has the enemy been beaten out of in a counterattack?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Brody.
(c) Tossel.
(d) Minsk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paka, the wicked fairy got cross with his mother because she hadn't invited her to what?

2. How old is Nanny Varka?

3. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

4. Where does Paka tell the boys that he and his mother used to live?

5. What does Martin Martinych hide from Masha that is in his desk drawer?

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