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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Some lamb.
(c) Two jars of pickles.
(d) A wheel of cheese.

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

3. Who lives downstairs from Masha and Martin Martinych?
(a) The Oserovnayevs.
(b) The Vashenkos.
(c) The Obertyshevs.
(d) The Vasilyevs.

4. What does Dolgushov do for a job?
(a) Livery man.
(b) Cook.
(c) Statistician.
(d) Telephonist.

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

6. What is the god of the cave-like bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay?
(a) A cast-iron stove.
(b) The bed.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A chest of jewels.

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

8. What does the house-chairman in "The Cave" jokingly say he prefers when asked if he would like some tea?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Irish cream.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Coffee.

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

10. Whom does Varka see as the enemy in her dream state?
(a) The baby.
(b) The mistress.
(c) The master.
(d) Death.

11. What is the name of the house-chairman who comes over to Martin Martinych's place at dusk?
(a) Selikhov.
(b) Sakharov.
(c) Zeremensky.
(d) Zoliesky.

12. In "Sunstroke", how old is the woman's child?
(a) Three.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Nine.

13. 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.

14. In "The Death of Dolgushov", who has reached the woods and posted their machine guns nearby?
(a) The Poles.
(b) The Czechs.
(c) The Croatians.
(d) The Serbs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paka say his name would be if he were a common boy and not a prince?

2. What is the occupation of Varka's master?

3. Where is Dolgushov injured?

4. What does the narrator of "Yuletide Story" say has likely caused the doctor's voice to grow husky and cracked?

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

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