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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 12 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?
(a) He dug a ditch around it.
(b) He had a group a guard dogs along the road.
(c) He had a gate built.
(d) He had to guards there.

3. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?
(a) The principal.
(b) Marya.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The schoolboys.

4. 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 a watchman.
(d) He was an examiner.

5. What items of Marya's are soaked after they are forced to ride the cart through water?
(a) Rice and barley.
(b) Bread and eggs.
(c) Sugar and flour.
(d) Milk carton and bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

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

4. What does the tavern Semyon and Marya stop at smell like?

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

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