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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Varka do finally to get some sleep?
(a) Leave the house and sleep outside.
(b) Strangle the baby.
(c) Strangle the master and his wife.
(d) Pay the apprentice to watch the baby.

2. What do Nevyrazimov and Paramon hear through the vents?
(a) A carriage crash.
(b) Voices.
(c) Children playing.
(d) Church bells and carriages.

3. What is Stepan studying?
(a) Art.
(b) Russian literature.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Mathematics.

4. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?
(a) A symphony.
(b) A play.
(c) An opera.
(d) A circus show.

5. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.
(a) Meticulously clean.
(b) Messy.
(c) Averagely boring.
(d) Sparse.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday does Nevyrazimov volunteer to work on?

2. To whom is Nevyrazimov writing a letter?

3. What is General Brizzhalov's first reaction to Cherviakov?

4. What apprenticeship does Vanka work in?

5. What does the judge think of Grigoriev?

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