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

2. What does the principal tell Marya when she tries to discuss her grievances about the watchman?
(a) He is too busy.
(b) He tells her she is being foolish.
(c) He cannot find anyone else to do the job.
(d) He plans to fire him.

3. How old is Hanov?
(a) 55.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. Where is Marya's family from?
(a) Saint Petersburg.
(b) Samara.
(c) Rostov.
(d) Moscow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Marya's last name?

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

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

4. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?

5. How old was Marya when her parents died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Hanov.

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

10. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

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