2. What does Ivan wish to write the stories down on?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Birch bark paper.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Parchment.

3. What was a stupid thing to say as he departed from Ruth?
(a) I feel like I'm never going to see you again.
(b) I feel like I am leaving for an eternity.
(c) I feel like I've died or something.
(d) I feel like the plane might never arrive at its destination.

4. How long had it been since the princess had undergone enchantment?
(a) Two years.
(b) A couple months.
(c) A few months.
(d) A year.

5. Why did Yaga take pains to sever the eye at the back of the optic nerve?
(a) She wanted to get the maximum strength from the eye.
(b) She wanted to make the man suffer as much as possible.
(c) She wanted to make sure he felt the extraction.
(d) All of these.

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

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

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

9. Which limb did the bear take out?
(a) Ivan's left arm.
(b) Ivan's right leg.
(c) Ivan's right arm.
(d) Ivan's left leg.

10. What happened to Esther that scared her?
(a) She had a nightmare in which Ivan disappeared.
(b) She felt as though she had miscarried, and so knew her son was gone.
(c) She had a nightmare in which an evil woman was killing Ivan.
(d) She hit her head.

11. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?
(a) The way they pronounced his name.
(b) The way they talked about the forest.
(c) The way they spoke about their parents.
(d) The way they sung in songs.

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

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

14. Who finally gives Ivan clothes?
(a) King Matteau.
(b) King Matfei.
(c) King Alexander.
(d) King Matvei.

15. What was part of the defense mechanism of the chasm?
(a) Rocks were thrown at him.
(b) A howling of longing and blood curdling chilling.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.