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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is it that first brings to light Ivan's wearing of Katerina's hoose?
(a) Nadya.
(b) Father Lukas.
(c) An old crone.
(d) Brother Sergei.

3. What did Matfei immediately regret?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Calling Ivan a coward in front of the people.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Telling Dimitri about his thoughts that Ivan will father a boy and die.

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

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

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

7. What was the woman dressed in?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Oriental silk.
(c) Spanish lace.
(d) Wool.

8. When Ivan thought about going home, where did he think about returning to?
(a) Ruth's embrace.
(b) The foothills of the Carpathian mountains.
(c) His mother's face.
(d) His father's proud expression.

9. What did Ivan's father suggest that he return to Russia for?
(a) To do his research for his dissertation.
(b) To find his path in his motherland.
(c) To regain his honor and dignity as a Russian citizen.
(d) To marry a Russian woman.

10. What caused Katerina to fall asleep?
(a) She ate a poisoned apple.
(b) She pricked her finger on a spindle.
(c) All of these.
(d) She was sung to sleep by Yaga.

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

12. What does Katerina ask of her father?
(a) To give Ivan a chance.
(b) To make a man of Ivan.
(c) To instruct her as to what to do about Ivan's lack of desire for her.
(d) To help her get Ivan home.

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

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

15. What message was Yaga trying to send to her late husband, King Brat?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) If you make Yaga do what she doesn't want to do, you won't like the result.
(c) If you try and stop Yaga from doing what she wants to do, you and your loved ones die.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can't Ivan do while in Taina?

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

3. What does Ruth's mother keep saying about Ivan?

4. What did Sergei write that made Ivan fearful?

5. What didn't Ivan do that he had been expected to?

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