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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 does Semyon say to the man who begins swearing at the tavern?
(a) He reminds him there is a lady in the tavern.
(b) He tells him to leave.
(c) He tells him to stop drinking.
(d) He swears back.

2. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?
(a) Toys.
(b) Her salary.
(c) The watchman and wood for the fire.
(d) Lunch.

3. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?
(a) How much money she will make.
(b) Her students well-being.
(c) Getting the schoolboys to behave.
(d) Exams.

4. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) The road is too icy to go any further.
(b) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.
(c) Peasants do not allow them to pass.
(d) There are big boulders they cannot pass.

5. What are some things Marya thinks about after daydreaming about being Hanov's wife?
(a) Curling up with a good book by the fire.
(b) Exams and her pupils.
(c) Bringing cookies to the watchmen.
(d) Baking cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?

2. Why did Marya become a school mistress?

3. What does Hanov say when Semyon tells him he does not need to ride around in inclement weather?

4. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?

5. What does Marya imagine she would do for Hanov if she was his sister or wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marya feel about her role as schoolmistress?

2. Describe what Marya would do in her class on days the Zemstvo or school guardian were present?

3. What happens when Semyon hears a man swearing at the tavern?

4. How is Marya's school described on cold, winter mornings?

5. How is the inside of the tavern in Nizhneye Gorodistche described?

6. What do Hanov and Semyon discuss after riding through a very wet road?

7. What does Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

8. What does Marya think about when she smells alcohol on Hanov as they ride their carts?

9. What are three of the obstacles Semyon encounters on their journey despite trying to find the "driest and shortest way" (9)?

10. Where do Marya and Semyon go when they stop at Nishneye Gorodistche and how is it described before they enter?

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