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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Anyuta finish in order to get more tea and tobacco?
(a) Her daily chores.
(b) Knitting a hat.
(c) Helping Stepan study.
(d) Her embroidery.

2. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?
(a) A play.
(b) A symphony.
(c) A circus show.
(d) An opera.

3. Why does Andreich believe it is acceptable to call Maria by an insulting name?
(a) Because other people call her that all the time.
(b) Because God forgave her.
(c) Because he is her father.
(d) Because she is a woman.

4. What do Ieronym and the passenger see so beautiful in the sky as they cross the river?
(a) A full moon.
(b) Wisps of clouds.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) A crescent moon.

5. What did Nikolai do for Ieronym when he was alive?
(a) Call out to Ieronym so he is not scared on the ferry at night.
(b) Teach him how to write poems.
(c) Go through prayer sessions with him.
(d) Sing him lullabies.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Nevyrazimov writing a letter?

2. What causes Anyuta to cry?

3. What does the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?

4. How does Yegor describe himself?

5. What is a panikhida?

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