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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened when the watchman hit the schoolboys?
(a) The schoolboys attacked him.
(b) A schoolboys father hit him.
(c) He was fired.
(d) Nobody paid any attention.

4. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?
(a) Bastien.
(b) Bakvist.
(c) Boris.
(d) Brice.

5. What items has Hanov given to the school?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Globes.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Slates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?

2. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?

3. What is the Marya's last name?

4. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?

5. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

2. What did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before the story takes place?

3. Which of Marya's coworkers does she try to get dismissed and what comes of it?

4. What does Marya think of Hanov as their cart follows his?

5. What news from Moscow does Semyon tell Marya he heard at Ivan Ionov's tavern?

6. What do readers learn of Marya's past at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

7. What does Marya Vassilyevna do for work? How long has she had the occupation? Where is she going at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

8. What does Marya think of on the cart at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

9. Describe Hanov.

10. What is the only thing Marya keeps from her past?

(see the answer keys)

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