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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) He was fired.
(c) A schoolboys father hit him.
(d) The schoolboys attacked him.

2. What do some people say about Hanov?
(a) He is a heavy drinker.
(b) He is a womanizer.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is a town nuisance.

3. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Special.
(b) Spontaneous.
(c) Spirited.
(d) Spiteful.

4. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Old Semyon.
(b) The school watchman.
(c) Hanov.
(d) Old Seymour.

5. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Ivan Turgenev.
(b) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principal tell Marya when she tries to discuss her grievances about the watchman?

2. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?

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

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

5. What was Marya's brother's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

4. Describe Hanov.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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