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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 do people say about Baba Yaga's new house?
(a) It walks on chicken legs.
(b) It is white.
(c) All of these.
(d) It is as hard as a swords blade.

2. What did Ivan finally say to Yaga when he had the chance?
(a) That she will be defeated.
(b) That she will never hold sway over Katerina.
(c) That she will never win.
(d) That she will never get the plane to fly.

3. What spell does Baba Yaga do best?
(a) A spell of binding.
(b) A spell of impotency.
(c) A spell of fire.
(d) A spell of destruction.

4. Where were Ivan and Katerina headed?
(a) Rochester.
(b) None of these.
(c) Syracuse.
(d) Each was going to a separate airport.

5. What two things Katerina wanted were in the same place?
(a) The Widow's amulets and spellbook.
(b) The passengers of the plane and the Widow's ingredients.
(c) The passengers of the plane and the Widow's amulets.
(d) The Widow's spellbook and binding spell for Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bear help Katerina?

2. How many years prior to the family visit did King Matfei die?

3. What does Baba Yaga love?

4. What was Esther called in the summer?

5. What was missing from Katerina's dress that Ivan half expected?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bear react when he is freed?

2. What dilemma does Katerina place on Father Lukas?

3. What was the argument that Katerina made when there were objections to the utilization of witchcraft?

4. Why did Ruth think she had the upper hand when she saw Katerina?

5. What was the effect of the weapons of the future against the peasants of the Widow's army?

6. Why is Ivan troubled with continuing and finishing the last few touches of his dissertation?

7. What information does Bear give to Katerina to help her?

8. Why did Mikola not write down his spells, despite the fact that he had thought about doing so?

9. How did the fire work in Ivan and Sergei's favor?

10. How was Ivan tangled up in people's expectations of him on his wedding night, and his behavior?

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