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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Vanka write to on Christmas Eve?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His mother.
(d) His old miss.

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

5. What does Vanka remember about Christmastime?
(a) Decorating the tree with his parents.
(b) Making cookies with the cooks in the master's house.
(c) An orange in his stocking one year.
(d) Getting the tree with his grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Nevyrazimov feel better?

2. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?

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

4. What is the celebration like after Modest Alexeich and Anya's wedding?

5. What causes Anyuta to cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maria's upbringing under Andreich. What is Andreich's role in her life?

2. Modest Alexeich admonishes Anya and her family about how a "man must have his responsibilities!" Between Modest, Anya, and her family, who shows responsibilities best?

3. How does real life affect Varka's sleep at night?

4. What changes are observed in Nikolai Stepanych's lectures from the past to the present?

5. Describe Anya's character and how it changes from the beginning of "Anna on the Neck" to the end.

6. Why is Cherviakov so insistent on apologizing to the General?

7. What makes akathists so difficult?

8. How does Cherviakov's wife not help his situation with the General?

9. What does the Tartar think of Vassily and the Explainer? Who does he respect more and why?

10. How does Ieronym invite the narrator of "Easter Night" to ask about Ieronym's sorrows? How does he hint at his current sorrow?

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