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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Marya and her brother stop writing to each other?
(a) Her brother stopped replying to her letters.
(b) Marya lost her brother's address.
(c) Marya stopped replying to her brother.
(d) They got into an argument with each other.

2. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) Peasants do not allow them to pass.
(b) The road is too icy to go any further.
(c) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.
(d) There are big boulders they cannot pass.

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

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

5. What strong feeling does Marya have as she imagines her family and life in Moscow?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Loss.
(c) Misery.
(d) Gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items has Hanov given to the school?

2. Who does Semyon call a "pig-headed fellow" (11)?

3. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

4. What does the signalman do as Marya and Semyon arrive in Vyazovye?

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

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