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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 dream of at night?
(a) Getting married and traveling.
(b) Her mother, father, and brother.
(c) Marrying Hanov and having children.
(d) Examinations, peasants, and snowdrifts.

2. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?
(a) Decay.
(b) Poor vision.
(c) Alzheimers.
(d) Osteoporosis.

3. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) The school watchman.
(b) Old Seymour.
(c) Hanov.
(d) Old Semyon.

4. What is another obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) The horse thought the tree roots were snakes and would not go any further.
(b) There is a toll they cannot pay on one road.
(c) Marya does not want Semyon to go by Hanov's house.
(d) They cannot pass one road because it belongs to a priest.

5. How old was Marya when her parents died?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?

2. Where is Marya's family from?

3. What does Semyon tell Marya they had tried to build in Nizhneye Gorodistche?

4. Who drives up just as Marya is imagining her life in Moscow?

5. What does the principal tell Marya when she tries to discuss her grievances about the watchman?

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