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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For one hour, what is in the cave as a result of the "god"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

2. What perhaps causes the icy roar of the wind in "The Cave"?
(a) A storm.
(b) The wrath of God.
(c) A misplaced polar bear.
(d) A super-mammoth.

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

4. When Paka asked why the boys are armed as they are, who do they say they are?
(a) Hittites.
(b) Huns.
(c) Ninjas.
(d) Redskins.

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

6. What is the name of the middle-aged citizen, according to his aunt who comes to the doctor the day after his visit?
(a) Paka Karpov.
(b) Vasily Ledentsov.
(c) Pyotr Petrovich.
(d) Aleksei Sardentov.

7. What does the wife of Martin Martinych's downstairs neighbor hide under a napkin when he comes into their room?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A coin.
(d) A coal.

8. In "Yuletide Story", what does the doctor prescribe for the middle-aged citizen?
(a) Lemon oil.
(b) Hawthorn root extract.
(c) Ammoniac aniseed drops.
(d) Elixir of arsenic.

9. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?
(a) Georgi.
(b) Afanasy.
(c) Sergei.
(d) Constantine.

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

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

12. Where do the narrator of "The Death of Dolgushov" and Grishchuk get fired upon near the town by enemy scouts?
(a) A blacksmith's.
(b) A mill.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A carriage shop.

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

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

15. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Unity Day.
(c) Intercession Day.
(d) Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month does "Yuletide Story" take place?

3. Where does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" go first to assuage his loneliness for the woman?

4. What does the eldest boy call Paka?

5. In "Sunstroke," what river is the steamer traversing when the lieutenant meets the woman he has an attraction to?

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