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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what month does "Yuletide Story" take place?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) January.

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

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

6. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?
(a) They are lucky.
(b) They are stupid.
(c) They are sick.
(d) They are rich.

7. Whose scouts are scouring the field looking for the dead and for equipment in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
(a) Timoshka's.
(b) Afonka's.
(c) Korochayev's.
(d) Vytyagaichenko's.

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

9. According to Paka, the wicked fairy got cross with his mother because she hadn't invited her to what?
(a) His christening.
(b) Christmas.
(c) His birthday party.
(d) Go to the circus.

10. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Head and spinal injuries.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Internal and children's diseases.
(d) Chiropractic.

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

12. In "Yuletide Story", who clears up the story of the middle-aged man for the doctor?
(a) The aunt.
(b) The constable.
(c) The militia.
(d) The grocer.

13. What is the unshaven porter wearing when the couple disembarks the boat in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Shabby black shoes.
(c) A pink shirt.
(d) Epaulets.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?

2. How old is Nanny Varka?

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

4. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what city has the enemy been beaten out of in a counterattack?

5. What does the aunt of the middle-aged citizen want from the doctor?

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