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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 Ivan not speak to his father about?
(a) His frustrations.
(b) All of these.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His yearnings and hopes

2. What did Ivan say in Old Church Slavonic?
(a) "Honey could not be as sweet as your smile, nor wine as intoxicating as your laugh".
(b) "Your lips are the red of a thousand apples, and your eyes the green of none".
(c) "You are beautiful and wise and I intend to marry you."
(d) None of these.

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

4. What did Vanya's father lose?
(a) His pocket watch.
(b) His job at the university.
(c) His mind.
(d) His religion.

5. What discussions were abounding in the cafes?
(a) Whether prices should remain under control or allowed to inflate.
(b) What America would or would not do to help the new nation of Ukraine.
(c) All of these.
(d) Whether or not the Ukraine should be independent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Vanya take solace in?

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

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

5. What did Vanya find in the clearing?

(see the answer key)

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