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Chekhov Stories
Anton Chekhov
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The Lady with the Dog
In the Ravine
On Official Duty (On Official Business)
The Black Monk
The Night Before Easter
The Grasshopper
The Darling
Gooseberries
Agafya
My Life (The Story of a Provincial)
Ward No. six
Steppe (The Story of a Journey)
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Dmitri Gurov
Olga Plemyannikov
Andrei Kovrin
Olga Dymov
Dr. Andrei Rabin
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The Lady with the Dog
In the Ravine
On Official Duty (On Official Business)
The Black Monk
The Night Before Easter
The Grasshopper
The Darling
Gooseberries
Agafya
My Life (The Story of a Provincial)
Ward No. six
Steppe (The Story of a Journey)
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Steppe (The Story of a Journey) Quiz
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of 5
Why are the priest and the merchant traveling across the steppe?
To sell wool
To meet their brother
To deliver a message
To resolve a debt
2
of 5
Why is Yegorushka accompanying his uncle Ivan across the steppe?
His mother abandoned him
He helps with sales
To attend a school
To get medicine
3
of 5
When Ivan puts him on a separate wagon, who does Yegorushka become very friendly with?
Solomon
Father Khristofor Siriysky
Olga Dymov
Pantelei
4
of 5
What is wrong with Yegorushka when he is reunited with Ivan?
He won't speak
He is ill
He belongings were stolen
He can't stop crying
5
of 5
Where is Yegorushka left at the end of the story?
At a boarding school
At the inn
With the priest
With Nastasia
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