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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is it about Mr. Gnekker that worries Nikolai Stepanych?
(a) That he is a con artist.
(b) That he is not handsome enough for his Liza.
(c) That he may be too rich for their blood.
(d) That he may be a sponger.

4. To whom is Nevyrazimov writing a letter?
(a) His children.
(b) His wife.
(c) His boss.
(d) His parents.

5. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?
(a) Yegor and Pelageya get married.
(b) Pelageya makes a nice meal but Yegor never shows up.
(c) Yegor comes by with a ham to celebrate with her.
(d) Yegor comes by drunk and beats her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?

2. What causes Anyuta to cry?

3. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?

4. What must Anyuta finish in order to get more tea and tobacco?

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

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