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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Semyon and Marya forced to wait just as Vyazovye comes into view and they are close to home?
(a) A train is passing.
(b) Officers are checking IDs.
(c) Their horse has become too tired to go any further.
(d) A cart has tipped over in front of them.

2. What does Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?
(a) Losing her home.
(b) Visit her parents.
(c) Quit her job.
(d) Fall in love.

3. What do some people think is an appropriate monthly pay for a schoolmistress?
(a) 5 rubles.
(b) 55 rubles.
(c) 25 rubles.
(d) 105 rubles.

4. What is the Marya's last name?
(a) Visovsky.
(b) Villanova.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) Vassilyevna.

5. What season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?

2. What do some people think Marya does with the money she collects from her students?

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

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

5. The story describe Marya's life as aging her, "making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of" (8) what?

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