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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 Marya often return home from school with after a long day?
(a) Ear ache.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Piles of papers to grade.
(d) Headache and heartburn.

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

3. What do some people say about Hanov?
(a) He is a town nuisance.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is a womanizer.
(d) He is a heavy drinker.

4. What does Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?
(a) Quit her job.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Visit her parents.
(d) Losing her home.

5. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?
(a) He was the school principal.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was an examiner.
(d) He was a watchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Marya give the money she collects from her students?

2. The story describe Marya's life as aging her, "making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of" (8) what?

3. What was Marya's brother's occupation?

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

5. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?

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