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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 Katerina expecting?

2. What spice did Ivan loathe?

3. What did Ivan figure was the only merciful thing he could do for Katerina?

4. Who did Yaga promise the 'pleasure' of killing Ivan to?

5. What does Ivan realize about his perception about the Ukraine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ivan and Katerina turn Dimitri to them?

2. What was the difference in opinion as to why Ivan listened to Katerina once he had awakened her?

3. What happened when Ivan attempted to eat the chicken that Ruth brought, and what happened as a result?

4. What information does Bear give to Katerina to help her?

5. Why doesn't Esther take pupils and teach them what she knows, practice her witchcraft openly?

6. How did Father Lukas die?

7. What happened to Ruth's brownies?

8. What lie does Yaga tell Katerina that she knows is a lie immediately?

9. For what reasons does Katerina decide to leave the people of Taina?

10. How did the fire work in Ivan and Sergei's favor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influences at work that finally allowed Katerina and Ivan to resolve their differences and realize that they loved each other. Explain what kinds of things stood in their way and what comments, situations and influences encouraged their love to grow.

Essay Topic 2

In essay form, discuss the benefits and drawbacks to living in either the modern or the ancient worlds described in the book. Imagine that you are attempting to persuade one of the children to your perspective.

Essay Topic 3

Katerina and Ivan's problem regarding the bridges and their mortality is valid. In essay form, discuss the argument they had about the bridges and some problems that their children might have in either world as a result of having been children of both.

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