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

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

3. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Her salary.
(c) Toys.
(d) The watchman and wood for the fire.

4. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?
(a) Exams.
(b) What she will have for dinner.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Writing her brother.

5. Where does Marya's driver say he heard of the recent murder in Moscow?
(a) His cousin from Moscow wrote to him.
(b) He read it in the newspaper.
(c) A passenger told him earlier that day.
(d) Ivan Ionov's tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marya's family from?

2. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?

3. Who tends to think that Marya is paid too much for her work?

4. What items of Marya's are soaked after they are forced to ride the cart through water?

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

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