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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 12 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marya often return home from school with after a long day?
(a) Headache and heartburn.
(b) Ear ache.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Piles of papers to grade.

2. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Writing her brother.
(c) Exams.
(d) What she will have for dinner.

3. What does Semyon tell Marya they had tried to build in Nizhneye Gorodistche?
(a) A school.
(b) A new tavern.
(c) An inn.
(d) A hospital.

4. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?
(a) Nobody was there.
(b) The worker was fired immediately.
(c) They said they would look into it.
(d) They laughed at her.

5. What does Marya do after she imagines her home and life back in Moscow?
(a) She writes her brother.
(b) She calls to her mother and cries.
(c) She closes her eyes and tries to forget.
(d) She laughs to herself and sits down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marya think she sees on the passing train before she gets to Vyazovye?

2. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?

3. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?

4. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?

5. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?

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