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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 Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Visit her parents.
(c) Losing her home.
(d) Quit her job.

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

3. What does the man at the tavern say after saying he knows who Marya is?
(a) She is a good young lady.
(b) She is overpaid.
(c) The watchman says she is a bad teacher.
(d) Her students do not like her.

4. What does the driver tell Marya periodically when the cart is not riding very smoothly due to road or weather conditions?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Hold on.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Close your eyes.

5. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) A nice date.
(c) A visit with her brother.
(d) A pay raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hanov call Semyon when they discuss the road conditions?

2. What does Marya dream of at night?

3. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?

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

5. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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