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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 are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?
(a) Ale.
(b) Flour.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Sulphuric acid.

2. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

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

4. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?
(a) A visit with her brother.
(b) A pay raise.
(c) A nice date.
(d) Happiness.

5. What are some things Marya thinks about after daydreaming about being Hanov's wife?
(a) Curling up with a good book by the fire.
(b) Bringing cookies to the watchmen.
(c) Baking cake.
(d) Exams and her pupils.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?

2. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?

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

4. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?

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

(see the answer key)

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