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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Marya become a school mistress?
(a) She loved school aged children.
(b) She felt she had no other options.
(c) She loved teaching.
(d) It paid really well.

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

3. What is another obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) They cannot pass one road because it belongs to a priest.
(b) There is a toll they cannot pay on one road.
(c) The horse thought the tree roots were snakes and would not go any further.
(d) Marya does not want Semyon to go by Hanov's house.

4. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.
(b) Peasants do not allow them to pass.
(c) There are big boulders they cannot pass.
(d) The road is too icy to go any further.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?

2. What does Marya often return home from school with after a long day?

3. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

4. What does Marya smell on Hanov as he nears the cart?

5. What does Marya dream of at night?

(see the answer key)

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