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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 Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Wine.
(d) Tobacco.

2. What do some people think is an appropriate monthly pay for a schoolmistress?
(a) 55 rubles.
(b) 5 rubles.
(c) 105 rubles.
(d) 25 rubles.

3. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?
(a) 31.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

4. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?
(a) The inspector.
(b) The watchman.
(c) Another teacher.
(d) The principal.

5. What does Hanov say when Semyon tells him he does not need to ride around in inclement weather?
(a) He did not know the roads would be so bad.
(b) He gets bored at home.
(c) He has to get his sick aunt.
(d) It is good exercise for the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which worker is said to have received his position through influence?

2. Who drives up just as Marya is imagining her life in Moscow?

3. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?

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

5. Who does Marya get a vivid picture of for the first time in 13 years while waiting for the train to pass?

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