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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Varka's mother?
(a) Pelageya.
(b) Fekla.
(c) Agafia.
(d) Evgenia.

2. What does Paka consider himself to be?
(a) A frog.
(b) A dog.
(c) A prince.
(d) A knight.

3. How old is Nanny Varka?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Twenty-seven.

4. What will Varka's employers do if she falls asleep?
(a) Send her for coal in the snow.
(b) Lock her in the closet.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Fire her.

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

6. 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.

7. Martin Martinych's face is as if it is made of clay, like many faces, back to whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Adam.
(c) Cain.
(d) Peter the Great.

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

9. What does Varka think the hardest thing is to do when she is standing in front of the kitchen table?
(a) Peel potatoes.
(b) Listen to the baby cry.
(c) Mend bandages.
(d) Chop onions.

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

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

12. When the guests come to the house, in "Sleepy" what is Varka asked to run and get from the store?
(a) Three bottles of beer.
(b) Two jars of pickles.
(c) Some lamb.
(d) A wheel of cheese.

13. What is the fabric the woman on the steamer's dress made of in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Gingham.
(b) Poplin.
(c) Lace.
(d) Linen.

14. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?
(a) Twenty rubles.
(b) His papers.
(c) A love letter to his girlfriend.
(d) His mother's ring.

15. Which demon does the narrator of "In Bondage" say is a very petty demon, but one of the most dangerous?
(a) The demon of hearsay.
(b) The demon of comparison.
(c) The demon of sloth.
(d) The demon of entitlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paka asked why the boys are armed as they are, who do they say they are?

2. Who is charged with watching over Paka?

3. How is the woman who comes to the doctor's office in "Yuletide Story" described?

4. What is the god of the cave-like bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay?

5. In the morning, what is Varka asked to do after she lights the stove?

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