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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 the driver tell Marya periodically when the cart is not riding very smoothly due to road or weather conditions?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Hold on.
(c) Close your eyes.
(d) Sit down.

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

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

4. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?
(a) Vyazovye.
(b) Nishneye Gorodisthce.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

5. What is one of the things Marya can hear from her flat in Moscow as she waits for the train to pass?
(a) The piano.
(b) The violin she used to play.
(c) Her mother's voice.
(d) Her brother teasing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marya's brother's occupation?

2. How old is Hanov?

3. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?

4. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?

5. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?

(see the answer key)

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