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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What didn't Ivan do that he had been expected to?
(a) Study.
(b) Invite Ruth to Russia.
(c) All of these.
(d) Write home.

3. What did Ivan go looking for in the morning at cousin Marek's?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Some food.
(c) Both of these.
(d) The outhouse.

4. What did Vanya find in the clearing?
(a) An endless carpet of pine needles.
(b) A woman lying down.
(c) A coffin.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Vanya figured had happened?

2. What was a stupid thing to say as he departed from Ruth?

3. What happened in the clearing?

4. What does Ivan's mother pretend to do?

5. What did Ivan say in Old Church Slavonic?

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