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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Vanya figured had happened?
(a) He had imagined the whole thing.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) He had hit his head harder than he had originally thought.
(d) Both of these.

2. What was Yaga's real disappointment?
(a) Both of these.
(b) That the stranger had manage to ask the Princess to marry him.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) That the stranger who woke the Princess also understood her.

3. What do his classmates call Vanya?
(a) Zhid.
(b) Zaid.
(c) Zhed.
(d) Shid.

4. 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.

5. What does Ivan's mother pretend to do?
(a) Not know English when it suits her.
(b) To be uninformed about the world around her.
(c) All of these.
(d) To not notice Ruth's subtle cues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in Katerina's gesture when she touched him?

2. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?

3. What was part of the defense mechanism of the chasm?

4. What discussions were abounding in the cafes?

5. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?

(see the answer key)

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