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

2. What do his classmates call Vanya?

3. What did Sergei write that made Ivan fearful?

4. Who had sent the bear after Katerina?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vanya finally decide to let the Mohel circumcise him?

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

3. How did Ivan justify what he had seen and heard in the forest as a child?

4. What was Ivan's excuse for not writing home?

5. What was the difference in the way cousin Marek and Ivan had gained their muscles and toned bodies?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Taina no longer exists in Ivan's time, and this comes as a great shock to Katerina. Utilizing scholarly history articles, suggest what may have happened to Taina based on its location, religion and time frame.

Essay Topic 2

Bear doesn't immediately go after Yaga, despite all that she had put him through. Suggest reasons for this, and for the rationale that Yaga has that Bear might come back. Explain the rationale behind each reason.

Essay Topic 3

Although Bear initially went to kill Ivan, he seems to have had a change of heart once Ivan frees him. Discuss this change of heart, and Bear's actions afterwards, and what this suggests about not only his desire to kill Ivan, but also about his relationship with Yaga.

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