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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?
(a) The principal.
(b) The schoolboys.
(c) Marya.
(d) The watchman.

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

3. Why did Marya become a school mistress?
(a) She felt she had no other options.
(b) It paid really well.
(c) She loved school aged children.
(d) She loved teaching.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?

2. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?

3. What is another obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?

4. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?

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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