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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Yuletide Story" say has likely caused the doctor's voice to grow husky and cracked?
(a) Alcohol consumption.
(b) Eating coarse food.
(c) Yelling at his nurses.
(d) Being around sick people.

2. What does the aunt of the middle-aged citizen want from the doctor?
(a) More medicine.
(b) A bandage.
(c) A house call for her ailing nephew.
(d) A death certificate.

3. In "Sunstroke," what river is the steamer traversing when the lieutenant meets the woman he has an attraction to?
(a) The Svir.
(b) The Volga.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Neva.

4. 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 coal.
(c) A bowl.
(d) A coin.

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

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

7. What does Grishchuk have with him all the time?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A cart.
(c) A camera.
(d) A broken fly swatter.

8. When the couple in "Sunstroke" wakes up in the morning, what does the lieutenant smell in the air?
(a) Hay and tar.
(b) Smoke.
(c) A perfume factory.
(d) Baking bread.

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

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

11. Where does Paka tell the boys that he and his mother used to live?
(a) In a tree house.
(b) In a crystal cave.
(c) In a mansion.
(d) In a castle.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the aunt put out the candles in "Yuletide Story"?

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

4. In front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?

5. How much does the prescription cost that the doctor issues to the middle-aged citizen in "Yuletide Story"?

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