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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. How does Vanka learn how to read and write?
(a) From his old miss Olga.
(b) By the master's wife.
(c) From another apprentice.
(d) In secret from his grandfather.

2. What does the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?
(a) The derailment is caused by the village people taking the nuts.
(b) Mitrofan Petrov is the leader of the nut stealers and caused the accident.
(c) The wrong man is in jail for last year's accident.
(d) Grigoriev is the one behind it all.

3. What apprenticeship does Vanka work in?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Law.
(d) Shoemaking.

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

5. What consolation does Yegor give to Pelageya when he leaves her?
(a) A kiss.
(b) The grouse.
(c) A ruble.
(d) A loaf of bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?

2. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.

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

4. To whom does Vanka write to on Christmas Eve?

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

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