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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Grigoriev is the one behind it all.
(c) Mitrofan Petrov is the leader of the nut stealers and caused the accident.
(d) The wrong man is in jail for last year's accident.

2. What does Katya suggest to Stepanych?
(a) To go see a dentist.
(b) For him to leave his family.
(c) That he should get some open air at the Caucasus.
(d) For him to sponsor her pursuits in theater.

3. According to Stepanych, what does Pyotr lack to set the world on fire?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Humbleness.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Proper work ethics.

4. What is Grigoriev's punishment?
(a) A term of hard labor.
(b) A year of imprisonment.
(c) Putting new nuts on the rail lines.
(d) Convincing his village to stop taking nuts from the rail lines.

5. What must Anyuta finish in order to get more tea and tobacco?
(a) Knitting a hat.
(b) Helping Stepan study.
(c) Her embroidery.
(d) Her daily chores.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?

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

3. What does Yegor dislike about the village?

4. What is a panikhida?

5. What does the judge think of Grigoriev?

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