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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Ivan Turgenev.
(b) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

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

3. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?
(a) They laughed at her.
(b) They said they would look into it.
(c) Nobody was there.
(d) The worker was fired immediately.

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

5. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 13.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items has Hanov given to the school?

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

3. How old is Hanov?

4. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?

5. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?

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