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

2. What did children recognize before adults?
(a) Authority.
(b) All of these.
(c) Freedom and liberty.
(d) Duty.

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

4. 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.

5. What does Ruth's mother keep saying about Ivan?
(a) That he shouldn't have left for Russia.
(b) That he wouldn't make a good husband.
(c) That he isn't right for Ruth.
(d) That he doesn't act like a young man in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan's father suggest that he return to Russia for?

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

3. Where did Vanya's plane land?

4. What was the moral of the story of the Sky, the Rat and the Well?

5. What had Ivan's body been shaped by?

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