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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. Why is Katerina angry at Ivan's offering?

2. What did Ivan finally say to Yaga when he had the chance?

3. Why did Ivan faithfully translate everything Katerina said even when her recollections differed from Ivan's in some way?

4. What mantra was endlessly repeated by the officials in the Ukraine?

5. What did Father Lukas hope?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What shamed Katerina about the airplane, how did she react, and how did she rebuke herself for doing so?

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

4. Why is Ivan troubled with continuing and finishing the last few touches of his dissertation?

5. Why is it an issue to call out Katerina's name and why must Ivan do so?

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

7. How did Father Lukas die?

8. How does Ivan tell Katerina she will be perceived by the people in his world if she doesn't wear clothes?

9. What dilemma does Katerina place on Father Lukas?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the differing opinions of things from Katerina and Ivan's time. Explain how, as a being of both time frames, Marek aka Mozhaiski is a good intermediary to explain how things work.

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

Utilizing modern feminism, condemn Katerina's attitude towards a husband's rights to her body and her actions, as well as her culture.

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