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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 12 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Marya get a vivid picture of for the first time in 13 years while waiting for the train to pass?
(a) Her parents and brother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her best friend.

2. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?
(a) What she will have for dinner.
(b) Exams.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Writing her brother.

3. What often happened to people who chose to be schoolmistresses out of passion for the work?
(a) They were quickly promoted.
(b) They won awards.
(c) They gave up the work pretty quickly.
(d) They were praised by parents.

4. How is Marya described as she gets back into the cart after snapped out of her daydream of Moscow?
(a) Warmed by memories of her former life.
(b) Smiling and self-assured.
(c) Shivering and numb with cold.
(d) Quiet and peaceful.

5. With whom does Hanov live?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Semyon call a "pig-headed fellow" (11)?

2. What does Semyon tell Marya they had tried to build in Nizhneye Gorodistche?

3. How old is Hanov?

4. What time of day does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

5. What is one of the things Marya can hear from her flat in Moscow as she waits for the train to pass?

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