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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Esther that scared her?
(a) She hit her head.
(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 had a nightmare in which Ivan disappeared.

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

3. What do both Katerina and Matfei believe Ivan was being raised to be?
(a) A bishop.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A cleric.
(d) None of these.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan compare himself to while talking to Katerina?

2. Who is it that first brings to light Ivan's wearing of Katerina's hoose?

3. What disturbed the water in front of Esther?

4. What did Esther go looking for and finally find?

5. What does Ivan's mother pretend to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ivan's parents' sacrifice weigh heavily on his mind? How did this affect the way he led his life?

2. What is the problem with obtaining parchment?

3. What did Vanya's parents fear? What did they decide to do about it?

4. What happened to Esther when Ivan rescued the princess Katerina?

5. Why is Nadya hesitant to show the Princess' hoose to her son and Father Lukas?

6. What problem does Ivan come across when he tries to justify his impending marriage to Ruth to Katerina?

7. What does rock and roll represent to Vanya's father?

8. How did Katerina react when Ivan said the witch's name?

9. What does Ivan realize is the death knell for Taina?

10. For what reasons did Ivan resent Princess Katerina?

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