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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the old woman who Ivan's mother used to bring things to?

2. What was Ivan's reason for going back to the clearing?

3. Who finally gives Ivan clothes?

4. What did Vanya like about the way Americans spoke?

5. Only a fool would want to live through what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What bothered Ivan about his relationship with his father and why?

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

4. In what ways was the young man that had rescued the princess not what Yaga had suspected?

5. What was Yaga supposed to have felt, but didn't?

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

7. What had Yaga done to convey her message to her late husband?

8. What problems occurred in Taina when Baba Yaga appeared?

9. What did the Princess think of Ivan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly, Ivan and Katerina's children are described, but little effort is given to character development. Suggest three reasons for this and provide at least two rationales for each reason.

Essay Topic 2

Katerina and Ivan give their children all the choice in the world about what they want to do and who they want to be. Discuss how this might be a problem, with children having different lives in different worlds, and whether or not it makes them unsuited for either.

Essay Topic 3

Although towards the end, Ivan is concerned that he has changed history, he remembers instances in which Ivan is mentioned several times in the modern versions of the fairy tales. Suggest reasons why Ivan wasn't concerned about this the moment he went back in time, although it is a consideration often mentioned in literature regarding time travel of any kind.

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