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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 was the moral of the story of the Sky, the Rat and the Well?
(a) That you must always keep your oaths because God is always your witness.
(b) That you must always keep a close watch on your children.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

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

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

4. What had Ivan's body been shaped by?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Competition.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Both of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vanya's plane land?

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

3. What was the name of the old woman who Ivan's mother used to bring things to?

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

5. What did Vanya take solace in?

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