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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can't Ivan do while in Taina?
(a) Speak of where he actually came from.
(b) Write with his own hand.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

2. What had haunted Ivan about the chasm?
(a) The thing beneath the leaves.
(b) The trees and the circular clearing.
(c) None of these.
(d) The woman on the pedestal.

3. What was the bear to Yaga?
(a) Her concubine.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

4. What disturbed the water in front of Esther?
(a) None of these.
(b) An owl.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A bat.

5. What did Sergei write that made Ivan fearful?
(a) Modern Cyrillic.
(b) A symbol that called the power of ancient gods.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

6. What happened when Ivan crossed the threshold of Katerina's world?
(a) He lost his clothing.
(b) He gained armor.
(c) He encountered a sword.
(d) He gained a sword.

7. What word did Ivan not know in Old Church Slavonic?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Constellation.
(d) Neither of these.

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

9. What did Ivan go looking for in the morning at cousin Marek's?
(a) The outhouse.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Some food.

10. What did Esther fill the basin with?
(a) Soap.
(b) Water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Sand.

11. What had been the burden on Ivan's shoulders?
(a) Coming to America.
(b) Fulfilling his parents expectations of him.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

12. What did Bear ask Yaga for?
(a) A salve.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) The eye.
(d) Both of these.

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

14. What class did Katerina think Ivan belonged to?
(a) Knight.
(b) Prince.
(c) Slave.
(d) Peasant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had sent the bear after Katerina?

2. What does Bear tell Yaga to do?

3. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?

4. What was Yaga attempting to extract from the merchant?

5. What was valued in Ivan's time that wasn't in Katerina's?

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