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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 is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?
(a) Exams.
(b) Writing her brother.
(c) What she will have for dinner.
(d) Her mother.

2. With whom does Hanov live?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His aunt.

3. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Hanov.
(b) Old Semyon.
(c) Old Seymour.
(d) The school watchman.

4. What are some things Marya thinks about after daydreaming about being Hanov's wife?
(a) Bringing cookies to the watchmen.
(b) Curling up with a good book by the fire.
(c) Baking cake.
(d) Exams and her pupils.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people think Marya does with the money she collects from her students?

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

3. The story describe Marya's life as aging her, "making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of" (8) what?

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

5. What was Marya's brother's occupation?

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