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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 have too many papers to grade.
(d) They are too busy thinking of how they are going to pay for necessities or deal with illness.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Bringing cookies to the watchmen.
(c) Baking cake.
(d) Exams and her pupils.

9. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?
(a) Getting the schoolboys to behave.
(b) How much money she will make.
(c) Exams.
(d) Her students well-being.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Marya become a school mistress?

2. What are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?

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

4. What does the man at the tavern say after saying he knows who Marya is?

5. What does Marya imagine she would do for Hanov if she was his sister or wife?

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