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

2. What nationality is the man that Pidorka is being forced to marry?
(a) Moldovan.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Polish.
(d) Georgian.

3. Who owns the property next to Ivan's farm?
(a) Grigory.
(b) Vytrebenki.
(c) Vasilisa.
(d) Peter.

4. What does the devil steal?
(a) The star.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The sun.
(d) The moon.

5. What does Afansay like to do to his wife?
(a) Tickle her.
(b) Hit her.
(c) Play tricks on her.
(d) Poke fun at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Pulkeria think she will die?

2. How did the Cossack's daughter die?

3. Who appears at the wedding but quickly disappears?

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

5. Where does Katerina's father shoot Danilo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Valuka gain back his self respect?

3. How does this story end?

4. How does Pulkeria's life change when her cat disappears?

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

6. What happens to the characters at the end of the story?

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

8. Why does Ivan have to retire from the regiment?

9. How does Ivas save Pyotr from a beating?

10. How do the devil and the witch leave Dikanta in pitch darkness?

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