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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?
(a) Ivan, the Governor.
(b) Dmitry, the Prime Minister.
(c) Oleg, the Minister of Education
(d) Alexeyev, the Mayor of Moscow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?

2. What time of day does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

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

4. Why did Marya and her brother stop writing to each other?

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

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