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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 is playing below the window when Martin Martinych comes over to Masha's house while she is playing piano?
(a) A violin.
(b) An organ-grinder.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) A bassoon.

2. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?
(a) His hat.
(b) His overshoes.
(c) His gloves.
(d) His desk.

3. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant hear in the cathedral?
(a) Ominous chanting.
(b) A sermon.
(c) Bells tolling.
(d) Loud singing.

4. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Head and spinal injuries.
(b) Chiropractic.
(c) Veterinary medicine.
(d) Internal and children's diseases.

5. For one hour, what is in the cave as a result of the "god"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house-chairman who comes over to Martin Martinych's place at dusk?

2. What perhaps causes the icy roar of the wind in "The Cave"?

3. Martin Martinych's face is as if it is made of clay, like many faces, back to whom?

4. What is the name of Varka's late father?

5. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antoshka say when Paka asks why he and his brother laugh all the time?

2. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

3. What does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" do when he goes back to the hotel room alone?

4. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?

5. Why does Selikhov come over to Martin Martinych's place?

6. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

7. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?

8. In "Sunstroke", how does the woman react to the lieutenant's suggestion that they get off the boat together?

9. What does Zoshchenko write about "Yuletide Story"?

10. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?

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