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

2. Where is Marya's family from?
(a) Saint Petersburg.
(b) Samara.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Rostov.

3. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?
(a) Her students well-being.
(b) How much money she will make.
(c) Getting the schoolboys to behave.
(d) Exams.

4. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?
(a) He was a watchman.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was an examiner.
(d) He was the school principal.

5. How old is Hanov?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marya would stand the entire duration of class if who was present?

2. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

3. Who does Marya get a vivid picture of for the first time in 13 years while waiting for the train to pass?

4. Who does Semyon blame for what he describes as "a perfect plague" (11) after riding his horse through deep water?

5. What does Marya do after she imagines her home and life back in Moscow?

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