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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 did Ivan go looking for in the morning at cousin Marek's?

2. What was Yaga's real disappointment?

3. What was in Katerina's gesture when she touched him?

4. What was the moral of the story of the Sky, the Rat and the Well?

5. What constellation did Katerina refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with obtaining parchment?

2. How did Ivan's relationship with his mother differ from his relationship with his father?

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

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

5. Why was it unrealistic that Vanya was imagining Abraham in the forest and countryside? Why didn't this stop him from his fantasy?

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

7. Why can't Katerina name Dimitri as the war leader?

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

9. How does Ivan justify his wearing the princess' hoose?

10. What was Katerina's justification for their treatment and purchase of slaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sergei and Ivan have issues attempting to get a hold of parchment paper to record the fairy tales of Taina's time. Explain how the shortage of availability of paper would lead to issues in preservation and historical compilations aside from those of a religious nature.

Essay Topic 2

Card provides a background story for Yaga that creates sympathy for her. Suggest reasons why Card does this, and doesn't create a background story for Katerina, regarding how she grew up, or Dimitri for why he is so quick to anger, or Bear for how he became a God.

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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