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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the prescription cost that the doctor issues to the middle-aged citizen in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) A head cheese.
(b) Forty kopeks.
(c) Two rubles.
(d) Seventy kopeks.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?

2. What does the wife of Martin Martinych's downstairs neighbor hide under a napkin when he comes into their room?

3. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?

4. In "Sunstroke", how old is the woman's child?

5. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?

2. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?

3. Why does Selikhov come over to Martin Martinych's place?

4. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?

5. Why is Varka so tired?

6. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

7. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what does a wounded delegate say when Vytyagaichenko is leaving him and the other wounded and how does Vytyagaichenko respond?

8. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

9. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

10. Describe the condition Dolgushov is in when he is found. Who has done this to him?

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