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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 does Ivan realize about his perception about the Ukraine?

2. What reason did Katerina give Ivan for joining him in his bed?

3. What was the name of the next door neighbor's dog?

4. What charm was Ivan wearing?

5. What did Katerina notice about Mother's place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Bear react when he is freed?

7. How does Ivan deduce that Katerina and him should not be on the plane they got on?

8. Why did Mikola not write down his spells, despite the fact that he had thought about doing so?

9. Why doesn't Ivan want to bring rockets into Taina?

10. What was the effect of the weapons of the future against the peasants of the Widow's army?

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

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

From Sergei's perspective, the reader learns that most of the fairy tales were used to scare children. Discuss why this is no longer practiced as a matter of cause in modern times, and the resources available to disprove such scare tactics, and make the argument for whether or not the world is more or less frightening for children.

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