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

2. What was Marya's brother's occupation?
(a) Officer.
(b) Cart Driver.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

3. What does Semyon say to the man who begins swearing at the tavern?
(a) He swears back.
(b) He tells him to leave.
(c) He reminds him there is a lady in the tavern.
(d) He tells him to stop drinking.

4. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?

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

3. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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