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

2. What is the Marya's last name?
(a) Vanguard.
(b) Villanova.
(c) Visovsky.
(d) Vassilyevna.

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

4. What season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

5. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?

2. What items has Hanov given to the school?

3. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?

4. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

5. How many horses does Hanov have for his cart?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Hanov.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

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

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