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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) Getting married and traveling.
(c) Marrying Hanov and having children.
(d) Examinations, peasants, and snowdrifts.

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

3. Why did Marya become a school mistress?
(a) She loved teaching.
(b) It paid really well.
(c) She felt she had no other options.
(d) She loved school aged children.

4. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Alzheimers.
(c) Decay.
(d) Poor vision.

5. What does Semyon say to the man who begins swearing at the tavern?
(a) He tells him to leave.
(b) He swears back.
(c) He reminds him there is a lady in the tavern.
(d) He tells him to stop drinking.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does Marya smell on Hanov as he nears the cart?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Coffee.

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

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

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) Lead.
(b) Wood.
(c) Copper.
(d) Rubber.

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

14. To whom does Marya give the money she collects from her students?
(a) The school guardian.
(b) The examiner.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The principal.

15. What often happened to people who chose to be schoolmistresses out of passion for the work?
(a) They gave up the work pretty quickly.
(b) They were quickly promoted.
(c) They won awards.
(d) They were praised by parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya often return home from school with after a long day?

2. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?

3. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

4. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?

5. What does Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?

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