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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.
(b) There are big boulders they cannot pass.
(c) Peasants do not allow them to pass.
(d) The road is too icy to go any further.

3. Whose voice wakens Marya from her daydream of her family in Moscow?
(a) Hanov.
(b) A peasant.
(c) Semyon.
(d) Bakvist.

4. Marya would stand the entire duration of class if who was present?
(a) The inspector.
(b) The schoolboys parents.
(c) The principal.
(d) The Zemstvo.

5. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?
(a) Another teacher.
(b) The principal.
(c) The inspector.
(d) The watchman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Hanov live?

4. To whom does Marya give the money she collects from her students?

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

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