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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the driver tell Marya periodically when the cart is not riding very smoothly due to road or weather conditions?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Close your eyes.
(c) Stand up.
(d) Hold on.

2. What does Marya imagine she would do for Hanov if she was his sister or wife?
(a) Mend his tattered clothing.
(b) Devote her life to save him from ruin.
(c) Cook him three meals a day.
(d) Ban him from drinking.

3. What items has Hanov given to the school?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Globes.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Slates.

4. To whom does Marya give the money she collects from her students?
(a) The principal.
(b) The examiner.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The school guardian.

5. What does the tavern Semyon and Marya stop at smell like?
(a) Fish and tobacco.
(b) Vodka, tobacco, and sheepskins.
(c) Ale and sweat.
(d) Sulphur and wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

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

3. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?

4. What happened when the watchman hit the schoolboys?

5. What is the Marya's last name?

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