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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which worker is said to have received his position through influence?
(a) The Zemstvo.
(b) The watchman.
(c) The school inspector.
(d) The principal.

2. What is the Marya's last name?
(a) Visovsky.
(b) Vanguard.
(c) Villanova.
(d) Vassilyevna.

3. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) Ivan Turgenev.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

4. Where does Marya's driver say he heard of the recent murder in Moscow?
(a) His cousin from Moscow wrote to him.
(b) A passenger told him earlier that day.
(c) He read it in the newspaper.
(d) Ivan Ionov's tavern.

5. What items has Hanov given to the school?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Slates.
(d) Globes.

6. How old was Marya when her parents died?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. What does the principal tell Marya when she tries to discuss her grievances about the watchman?
(a) He plans to fire him.
(b) He cannot find anyone else to do the job.
(c) He tells her she is being foolish.
(d) He is too busy.

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

9. What was Marya's brother's occupation?
(a) Cart Driver.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Officer.
(d) Doctor.

10. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Special.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Spontaneous.

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

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

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

14. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?
(a) America.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) France.
(d) Moscow.

15. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?
(a) Ivan, the Governor.
(b) Alexeyev, the Mayor of Moscow.
(c) Dmitry, the Prime Minister.
(d) Oleg, the Minister of Education

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people say about Hanov?

2. What happened when the watchman hit the schoolboys?

3. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?

4. Where is Marya's family from?

5. How old is Hanov?

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