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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 17 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What apprenticeship does Vanka work in?
(a) Shoemaking.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Law.

3. The university Stepanych works at can be described as __________.
(a) Welcoming.
(b) Technologically advanced.
(c) Dismal.
(d) A leader in medicine.

4. What does Stepanych think of Katya?
(a) She is too timid to be in theater.
(b) She is too brash for men.
(c) She is innocent and naive.
(d) She is too foolish to make it in this world.

5. Why does the orchestra reluctantly call on Yakov to play with them?
(a) He is abusive.
(b) He is horrible at the fiddle.
(c) He takes over the spotlight.
(d) He asks for too much money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?

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

3. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?

4. To whom is Nevyrazimov writing a letter?

5. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.

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