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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are peasants leaving Boris' estate?
(a) The wars.
(b) The famine.
(c) The religious persecution.
(d) The heavy taxes.

2. What is the Russian government like in 1662?
(a) Chaos.
(b) A dispersed confederation of tribes.
(c) A strong central government.
(d) A loose series of alliances.

3. What does Kiy ask his Uncle Mal?
(a) What is for dinner.
(b) When they will move to the hunting grounds.
(c) When he can go on the warpath.
(d) Whether he captured a bear cub.

4. What is Russia known as under Ivan?
(a) Russka.
(b) Oprichnina.
(c) Muscovy.
(d) Kazan.

5. Where are the Tatars in 1262?
(a) China.
(b) Mongolia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) The northeast part of Rus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sviatopolk try to do?

2. Whose military does Andrei Karpenko join after Stanislaus' visit?

3. Where does Yanka go to live with Purgas?

4. What is the capital of Russia in Chapter 2?

5. Who had killed Yanka's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bobrov's wife gets pregnant in his absence?

2. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

3. Describe Yanka's pregnancy and marriage.

4. Describe the political state of Russia in 1262.

5. What is the Bobrov family up to in 1647?

6. Describe the revolution that kills Sviatopolk.

7. What happens when Tsar Ivan divides his estate?

8. Describe the controversy over the icons in Russka.

9. What problem is Boris Bobrov having with his estate and how does he solve it?

10. Why does Bobrov have a grudge against Stephen the monk?

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