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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why didn't Bear want to kill her?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Bear was sworn and charged by the other gods to protect her.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) The spell of love she had cast on him would be unwavering.

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

5. What did the merchant beg for?
(a) To be allowed to go home.
(b) Yaga to let him keep the other of his eyes.
(c) All of these.
(d) To be spared his life.

6. 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 your oaths because God is always your witness.
(d) That you must always keep a close watch on your children.

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

8. What looked merciful compared to what Baba Yaga inflicted upon those who opposed her?
(a) Death by hanging.
(b) Torture.
(c) Crucifixion.
(d) Beheading.

9. What was the message on the piece of paper?
(a) Follow your dreams.
(b) Deliver this message.
(c) Don't come back.
(d) Always marry for love.

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

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

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

13. Why does Brother Sergei believe that Ivan is already a Christian?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Ivan can write.
(c) Ivan can read.
(d) Both of these.

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

15. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?
(a) It was the remnant of an old army base.
(b) It was once a castle.
(c) It was a naturally occurring clearing,
(d) It was an old meteor strike.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Vanya take solace in?

3. What did Ivan not speak to his father about?

4. Where did Katerina think that Ivan was from?

5. What does Katerina ask of her father?

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