The classroom smelled of old floor wax and anticipation. On every desk sat the dreaded green-and-white booklet:
"Open to page 14," Vera Ivanovna announced, her voice as sharp as a freshly sharpened HB pencil. "Work No. 4. Decimals. You have thirty minutes." ershov i goloborodko 5 klass samostoiatelnye kontrolnye
To many, it was just a math workbook. To Vanya, it was a gauntlet. The classroom smelled of old floor wax and anticipation