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

3. What does Hanov call Semyon when they discuss the road conditions?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Papa.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Grandfather.

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

5. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Wine.

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

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

8. 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) There are big boulders they cannot pass.
(d) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.

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

10. What does Marya often return home from school with after a long day?
(a) Headache and heartburn.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Ear ache.
(d) Piles of papers to grade.

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

12. What does the driver tell Marya periodically when the cart is not riding very smoothly due to road or weather conditions?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Close your eyes.
(c) Hold on.
(d) Stand up.

13. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?
(a) He had a gate built.
(b) He had a group a guard dogs along the road.
(c) He dug a ditch around it.
(d) He had to guards there.

14. Marya would stand the entire duration of class if who was present?
(a) The principal.
(b) The schoolboys parents.
(c) The Zemstvo.
(d) The inspector.

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