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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. 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) Three bottles of beer.
(d) A wheel of cheese.

2. What does Paka see on the eldest boy that surprises him?
(a) A school badge.
(b) A long braid.
(c) A long scar.
(d) A gold watch.

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

4. 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 cemetery.
(c) A blacksmith's.
(d) A mill.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the middle-aged citizen, according to his aunt who comes to the doctor the day after his visit?

3. What is the unshaven porter wearing when the couple disembarks the boat in "Sunstroke"?

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

5. What does Martin Martinych hide from Masha that is in his desk drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" do when he goes back to the hotel room alone?

2. What happens to the narrator and Grishchuk as evening falls in "The Death of Dolgushov"?

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

4. How are the conditions at the Obertyshevs' place?

5. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

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

7. What happens to Varka's father in the hospital and why?

8. 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?

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

10. In "Yuletide Story," what does the doctor think when he goes to the patient's apartment after his aunt tells him he has died?

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