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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marya dream of at night?
(a) Her mother, father, and brother.
(b) Marrying Hanov and having children.
(c) Getting married and traveling.
(d) Examinations, peasants, and snowdrifts.

2. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) A pay raise.
(c) A visit with her brother.
(d) A nice date.

3. What does Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Visit her parents.
(c) Losing her home.
(d) Quit her job.

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

5. What does Marya imagine she would do for Hanov if she was his sister or wife?
(a) Ban him from drinking.
(b) Cook him three meals a day.
(c) Mend his tattered clothing.
(d) Devote her life to save him from ruin.

6. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?
(a) They have too many unnecessary meetings.
(b) They are too busy dealing with parents.
(c) They are too busy thinking of how they are going to pay for necessities or deal with illness.
(d) They have too many papers to grade.

7. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?
(a) Marya.
(b) The schoolboys.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The principal.

8. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?
(a) There is so much water.
(b) The roads are icy.
(c) The road is full of holes.
(d) It has begun to snow.

9. What does the tavern Semyon and Marya stop at smell like?
(a) Ale and sweat.
(b) Fish and tobacco.
(c) Sulphur and wine.
(d) Vodka, tobacco, and sheepskins.

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

11. What are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?
(a) Sulphuric acid.
(b) Ale.
(c) Flour.
(d) Sugar.

12. The story describe Marya's life as aging her, "making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of" (8) what?
(a) Copper.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Lead.
(d) Wood.

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

14. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?
(a) Lunch.
(b) The watchman and wood for the fire.
(c) Her salary.
(d) Toys.

15. 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 has to get his sick aunt.
(c) He gets bored at home.
(d) It is good exercise for the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hanov call Semyon when they discuss the road conditions?

2. Marya would stand the entire duration of class if who was present?

3. What does Marya smell on Hanov as he nears the cart?

4. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?

5. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?

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