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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Boring Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Stepanych think of Katya?
(a) She is too brash for men.
(b) She is too timid to be in theater.
(c) She is innocent and naive.
(d) She is too foolish to make it in this world.

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

4. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?
(a) He was dared to by a friend.
(b) To use as a sinker.
(c) For fun.
(d) To see if he could.

5. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A woman on the ferry.
(c) The archimandrite.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nikolai do for Ieronym when he was alive?

2. What insulting word does Andreich call his daughter Maria?

3. What makes Nevyrazimov feel better?

4. What is Stepan studying?

5. What does Yegor dislike about the village?

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