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

2. What does Valuka say Oksana has to bring her before she marries him?
(a) Tsarina's shoes.
(b) The devil's cloak.
(c) Heaven's wings.
(d) Rasputin's sword.

3. What does the devil want Valuka to teach him?
(a) How to be good.
(b) How to make a sword.
(c) How to corrupt the townsfolk.
(d) How to fall in love.

4. How does Valuka portray the devil in his painting?
(a) Jumping on Jesus's grave.
(b) Being buried alive.
(c) Suffering in hell.
(d) Speared by a church spire.

5. What color is Basavriuk as he sits on the stump?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Atahnasii use to chase away the devil?

2. What does the devil do to the town?

3. What is Thoma's one strange eccentricity?

4. What is the weather like at the beginning of the story?

5. Where does the devil keep the moon?

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