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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?
(a) Wine.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tobacco.

2. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?
(a) Bastien.
(b) Brice.
(c) Boris.
(d) Bakvist.

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

4. Where is Marya's family from?
(a) Rostov.
(b) Saint Petersburg.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Samara.

5. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?

2. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

3. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?

4. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

5. How old was Marya when her parents died?

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