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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do some people say about Hanov?
(a) He is a town nuisance.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is a heavy drinker.
(d) He is a womanizer.

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

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

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

9. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?
(a) Nobody was there.
(b) They laughed at her.
(c) They said they would look into it.
(d) The worker was fired immediately.

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

11. How old is Hanov?
(a) 30.
(b) 55.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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

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

14. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?
(a) He was a watchman.
(b) He was the school principal.
(c) He was an examiner.
(d) He was a teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?

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

3. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?

4. What items has Hanov given to the school?

5. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?

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