2. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?
(a) The principal.
(b) Another teacher.
(c) The watchman.
(d) The inspector.

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

4. What do some people say about Hanov?
(a) He is a womanizer.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is a heavy drinker.
(d) He is a town nuisance.

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

6. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?
(a) 13.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 31.

7. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?
(a) He was the school principal.
(b) He was an examiner.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a watchman.

8. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?
(a) Her father's boots.
(b) Her father's I.D. card.
(c) An old faded picture of her mother.
(d) Her mother's old wedding ring.

9. What is the Marya's last name?
(a) Visovsky.
(b) Vassilyevna.
(c) Vanguard.
(d) Villanova.

10. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Special.
(b) Spiteful.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Spirited.

11. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?
(a) Alexeyev, the Mayor of Moscow.
(b) Ivan, the Governor.
(c) Dmitry, the Prime Minister.
(d) Oleg, the Minister of Education

12. 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.

13. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?
(a) Moscow.
(b) France.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) America.

14. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) The school watchman.
(b) Old Semyon.
(c) Old Seymour.
(d) Hanov.

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