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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Basavriuk as he sits on the stump?

2. What is the main thing the old couple grow on the farm?

3. Who does most of the old couple's work on the farm?

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

5. What happens as Khoma prays at the witch's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Valuka gain back his self respect?

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

3. How does Khoma realize the old lady is a witch?

4. How does Katerina's father injure Danilo in this story?

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

6. How does Pytor cope with his role in the murder of Ivas?

7. How does this story end?

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

9. How do the three students come upon the farmstead?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the mid 1800s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters, and write an essay comparing and contrasting them.

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from one of the stories and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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