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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 did Vanya come to love about moving to the country?
(a) That he could still act like a Russian.
(b) The labor and intensity of work.
(c) The old forests of Europe that still survived.
(d) That no one shunned him.

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

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

4. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?
(a) It was once a castle.
(b) It was the remnant of an old army base.
(c) It was an old meteor strike.
(d) It was a naturally occurring clearing,

5. What was Ivan's reason for going back to the clearing?
(a) To slay the beast guarding the woman.
(b) To meet the princess.
(c) To mend the tear in his psyche.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan not speak to his father about?

2. What did Ivan go looking for in the morning at cousin Marek's?

3. What does Ruth's mother keep saying about Ivan?

4. What was the message on the piece of paper?

5. What did Vanya find in the clearing?

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