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

2. What happened when the watchman hit the schoolboys?
(a) A schoolboys father hit him.
(b) Nobody paid any attention.
(c) He was fired.
(d) The schoolboys attacked him.

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

4. How old was Marya when her parents died?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of day does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

3. What does Semyon say to the man who begins swearing at the tavern?

4. What do some people say about Hanov?

5. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?

(see the answer key)

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