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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. What does the Cossack say he will do if Khoma does not return to his daughter's coffin?
(a) Force him to eat pig's swill.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Throw him out of town.
(d) Put a curse on him.

2. Who does most of the old couple's work on the farm?
(a) Serfs.
(b) Polacks.
(c) Elves.
(d) Their children.

3. Where does Danilo imprison Katerina's father?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The attic.
(c) The library.
(d) The cellar.

4. What is the name of Gorobets' brother?
(a) Vanula.
(b) Danilo.
(c) Peter.
(d) Slava.

5. How does Katerina try to kill her father?
(a) She drops a boulder on his head.
(b) She stabs him.
(c) She strangles him.
(d) She shoots him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katerina dream that her father is?

2. Why does Ivan's aunt say she can longer take care of the family estate?

3. Where does Katerina's father shoot Danilo?

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

5. Where does the devil keep the moon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this story end?

2. What is the curse that Petro had put upon him?

3. How does Ivan's aunt surprise when he visits her at the farm?

4. How does Ivan appear to Petro at the end of the story?

5. Summarize the Night Before Christmas story.

6. Why has the devil cast darkness over Dikanka?

7. Why is Katerina so frightened as she travels home with her husband?

8. How does Grigory react when Ivan asks him about signing over the deed?

9. Why do the devil and the witch want to cause problems between Valuka and Choub?

10. Why does Khoma have to say an eulogy for the cossack's daughter?

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