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

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

3. Why did Marya become a school mistress?
(a) She felt she had no other options.
(b) She loved school aged children.
(c) She loved teaching.
(d) It paid really well.

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

5. What does Hanov say when Semyon tells him he does not need to ride around in inclement weather?
(a) He did not know the roads would be so bad.
(b) It is good exercise for the horse.
(c) He has to get his sick aunt.
(d) He gets bored at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya dream of at night?

2. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?

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

4. What does Marya smell on Hanov as he nears the cart?

5. What does Marya often return home from school with after a long day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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