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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Special.
(b) Spontaneous.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Spirited.

2. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?
(a) An old faded picture of her mother.
(b) Her father's I.D. card.
(c) Her mother's old wedding ring.
(d) Her father's boots.

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

4. Where is Marya's family from?
(a) Rostov.
(b) Samara.
(c) Saint Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

5. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) France.
(c) Moscow.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Hanov live?

2. What do some people say about Hanov?

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

4. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?

5. How old is Hanov?

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