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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What constellation did Katerina refer to?
(a) The Lion.
(b) The Water Bearer.
(c) The Great Bear.
(d) The Hunter.

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

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

4. What happened in the clearing?
(a) A pedestal was revealed.
(b) None of these.
(c) The clearing shimmered.
(d) The leaves churned and revealed a pit.

5. What was the name of the old woman who Ivan's mother used to bring things to?
(a) Baba Tila.
(b) Baba Tira.
(c) Babi Tila.
(d) Baba Yada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the woman dressed in?

2. Who had sent the bear after Katerina?

3. What had haunted Ivan about the chasm?

4. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?

5. Why didn't Bear want to kill her?

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