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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 drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

2. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?
(a) He dug a ditch around it.
(b) He had a group a guard dogs along the road.
(c) He had to guards there.
(d) He had a gate built.

3. 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) Close your eyes.
(c) Hold on.
(d) Sit down.

4. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?
(a) They have too many papers to grade.
(b) They are too busy thinking of how they are going to pay for necessities or deal with illness.
(c) They are too busy dealing with parents.
(d) They have too many unnecessary meetings.

5. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?
(a) There is so much water.
(b) It has begun to snow.
(c) The roads are icy.
(d) The road is full of holes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the wagons outside the tavern where Semyon stops filled with?

2. What does Marya think it would be terrible for her to do?

3. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?

4. The story describe Marya's life as aging her, "making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of" (8) what?

5. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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