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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 happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?
(a) Nobody was there.
(b) The worker was fired immediately.
(c) They laughed at her.
(d) They said they would look into it.

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

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

4. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?
(a) Her mother's old wedding ring.
(b) Her father's boots.
(c) An old faded picture of her mother.
(d) Her father's I.D. card.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which worker is said to have received his position through influence?

2. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

3. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

4. How old is Hanov?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Hanov.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

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