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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Before Christmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town in this story?
(a) Perma.
(b) Dikanka.
(c) Valuka.
(d) Oksana.

2. What does Peter have do to obtain the gold?
(a) Cut off his own thumbs.
(b) Sign a contract.
(c) Cut off a child's head.
(d) Kill the black dog.

3. What is Thoma's one strange eccentricity?
(a) He doesn't like to say the same thing twice.
(b) He doesn't like wearing shoes.
(c) He doesn't like to see anything out of place.
(d) He doesn't hiccup.

4. What is the weather like at the beginning of the story?
(a) Boiling.
(b) Windy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

5. Where does the devil hide when men come to visit Solokha?
(a) Behind the curtain.
(b) Under a bed.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In a sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the devil want Valuka to teach him?

2. What does Korzh take off the wall to punish Peter?

3. What is said that Peter's parents died from?

4. What does the church elder like to drink?

5. How does Valuka portray the devil in his painting?

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