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

2. What does the eldest boy call Paka?
(a) A toad.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A herring.
(d) A mosquito.

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

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

5. In the morning, what is Varka asked to do after she lights the stove?
(a) Run to the store.
(b) Put on the samovar.
(c) Wash the dishes.
(d) Wash the clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?

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

4. In "In Bondage," what does Antoshka say the peasants do to each other when they get mad?

5. What sort of eau de cologne scent is left in the hotel by the woman in "Sunstroke"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zamyatin describe the bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay in "The Cave"?

2. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?

3. In "Sunstroke", how does the woman react to the lieutenant's suggestion that they get off the boat together?

4. What does the doctor say that Varka's father should do in the dream she has while holding the baby?

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

6. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?

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

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

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

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