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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which limb did the bear take out?
(a) Ivan's right leg.
(b) Ivan's left arm.
(c) Ivan's left leg.
(d) Ivan's right arm.

2. Where did Katerina think that Ivan was from?
(a) Rome.
(b) France.
(c) Athens.
(d) England.

3. What does Ivan's mother say about Ruth?
(a) That she is not the right woman for him.
(b) None of these.
(c) That she is a horrible woman that will cheat on him.
(d) That she will bring him nothing but misery.

4. What had been the burden on Ivan's shoulders?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Fulfilling his parents expectations of him.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Coming to America.

5. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?
(a) The way they pronounced his name.
(b) The way they spoke about their parents.
(c) The way they talked about the forest.
(d) The way they sung in songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vanya find in the clearing?

2. What didn't Ivan do that he had been expected to?

3. What did Vanya come to love about moving to the country?

4. Why did Yaga take pains to sever the eye at the back of the optic nerve?

5. What had haunted Ivan about the chasm?

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