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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 often happened to people who chose to be schoolmistresses out of passion for the work?
(a) They won awards.
(b) They were quickly promoted.
(c) They were praised by parents.
(d) They gave up the work pretty quickly.

2. Who tends to think that Marya is paid too much for her work?
(a) The school guardian.
(b) The Zemstvo.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The peasants.

3. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?
(a) Bakvist.
(b) Bastien.
(c) Brice.
(d) Boris.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Marya can hear from her flat in Moscow as she waits for the train to pass?

2. What does the man at the tavern say after saying he knows who Marya is?

3. To whom does Marya give the money she collects from her students?

4. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?

5. Why did Marya and her brother stop writing to each other?

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