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

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

5. What does Ivan ask Brother Sergei to do?
(a) Hide the stories from Father Lukas.
(b) Write down the stories that he has been told so Ivan can preserve them.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

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

7. What did Vanya's family lose?
(a) All of these.
(b) Their apartment.
(c) Their dignity.
(d) Their communities respect.

8. What was valued in Ivan's time that wasn't in Katerina's?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Modesty.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Loyalty.

9. Who had sent the bear after Katerina?
(a) Olga Yaga.
(b) Baba Yaga.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

10. 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) None of these.
(d) "You are beautiful and wise and I intend to marry you."

11. What did Ivan incapacitate within the bear?
(a) His leg.
(b) His eye.
(c) His arm.
(d) His head.

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

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

14. What did Katerina suspect that Ivan represented?
(a) The Purest Love.
(b) The Wisest Man.
(c) All of these.
(d) The Strongest Knight.

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