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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 season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

3. What does Semyon tell Marya they had tried to build in Nizhneye Gorodistche?
(a) A new tavern.
(b) A school.
(c) An inn.
(d) A hospital.

4. What does Marya do after she imagines her home and life back in Moscow?
(a) She calls to her mother and cries.
(b) She writes her brother.
(c) She laughs to herself and sits down.
(d) She closes her eyes and tries to forget.

5. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?
(a) Vyazovye.
(b) Nishneye Gorodisthce.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marya would stand the entire duration of class if who was present?

2. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

3. What are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?

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

5. What "wicked thing" (10) does Semyon say was done in regards to what they had tried to build in Nizhneye Gorodistche?

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