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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What does the man at the tavern say after saying he knows who Marya is?
(a) She is overpaid.
(b) Her students do not like her.
(c) The watchman says she is a bad teacher.
(d) She is a good young lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job is it to light the stove on cold days at Marya's school?

2. What does the tavern Semyon and Marya stop at smell like?

3. What does Marya dream of at night?

4. Why is it hard for the cart to get down the road around the time they meet Hanov?

5. Despite being young and handsome, Hanov is described as showing signs of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marya think about when she smells alcohol on Hanov as they ride their carts?

2. What do Hanov and Semyon discuss after riding through a very wet road?

3. What happens when Semyon hears a man swearing at the tavern?

4. How is the inside of the tavern in Nizhneye Gorodistche described?

5. How does Marya feel about her role as schoolmistress?

6. Describe what Marya would do in her class on days the Zemstvo or school guardian were present?

7. How is Marya's school described on cold, winter mornings?

8. What does Marya collect money from her students to pay for?

9. What are three of the obstacles Semyon encounters on their journey despite trying to find the "driest and shortest way" (9)?

10. Where do Marya and Semyon go when they stop at Nishneye Gorodistche and how is it described before they enter?

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