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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tavern Semyon and Marya stop at smell like?
(a) Fish and tobacco.
(b) Sulphur and wine.
(c) Ale and sweat.
(d) Vodka, tobacco, and sheepskins.

2. What is one obstacle Semyon encounters along the road home?
(a) The road is too icy to go any further.
(b) There are big boulders they cannot pass.
(c) Schoolboys throw rocks at their wheels.
(d) Peasants do not allow them to pass.

3. Why did Marya become a school mistress?
(a) She loved school aged children.
(b) She loved teaching.
(c) She felt she had no other options.
(d) It paid really well.

4. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?
(a) Decay.
(b) Poor vision.
(c) Osteoporosis.
(d) Alzheimers.

5. What does Marya smell on Hanov as he nears the cart?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Perfume.

6. What does Hanov call Semyon when they discuss the road conditions?
(a) Old Man.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Papa.

7. What does Hanov say when Semyon tells him he does not need to ride around in inclement weather?
(a) He did not know the roads would be so bad.
(b) It is good exercise for the horse.
(c) He gets bored at home.
(d) He has to get his sick aunt.

8. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?
(a) It has begun to snow.
(b) The road is full of holes.
(c) The roads are icy.
(d) There is so much water.

9. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) A visit with her brother.
(c) A nice date.
(d) A pay raise.

10. What did Ivan Ionvo do on his road so that nobody could pass?
(a) He had to guards there.
(b) He had a group a guard dogs along the road.
(c) He had a gate built.
(d) He dug a ditch around it.

11. What did Marya collect money from her students to pay for?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Toys.
(c) Her salary.
(d) The watchman and wood for the fire.

12. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?
(a) How much money she will make.
(b) Getting the schoolboys to behave.
(c) Her students well-being.
(d) Exams.

13. What does Semyon say to the man who begins swearing at the tavern?
(a) He reminds him there is a lady in the tavern.
(b) He tells him to leave.
(c) He swears back.
(d) He tells him to stop drinking.

14. What does the driver tell Marya periodically when the cart is not riding very smoothly due to road or weather conditions?
(a) Hold on.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Close your eyes.

15. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?
(a) The watchman.
(b) The schoolboys.
(c) Marya.
(d) The principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya dream of at night?

2. What does Marya drink at the tavern where she and Semyon stop?

3. What often happened to people who chose to be schoolmistresses out of passion for the work?

4. What does Marya imagine she would do for Hanov if she was his sister or wife?

5. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?

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