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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) Two jars of pickles.
(b) Three bottles of beer.
(c) A wheel of cheese.
(d) Some lamb.

2. What does Dolgushov say to use on him when the narrator finds him?
(a) A knife.
(b) A cartridge.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Antibiotics.

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

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

5. In "Sunstroke," what river is the steamer traversing when the lieutenant meets the woman he has an attraction to?
(a) The Volga.
(b) The Danube.
(c) The Svir.
(d) The Neva.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "The Death of Dolgushov", who has reached the woods and posted their machine guns nearby?

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

5. What will Varka's employers do if she falls asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zoshchenko write about "Yuletide Story"?

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

3. How do the peasant women treat the lieutenant at the market in "Sunstroke"?

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

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

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

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

8. In "Yuletide Story", what does the doctor think of patients in general?

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

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

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