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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. Who incites the crowd to go after Vasya in Chapter 3?

2. Who stops a creature from doing more harm in Chapter 7?

3. What does Vasya's grandmother fix her to eat in Chapter 13?

4. In Chapter 10, what does the domovaya give Vasya to use to gather food?

5. Why does Deb Grib follow Vasya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vasya see when she enters Olga's workroom in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 3, why does Konstantin say there was a fire in the city?

3. Who does Marya say turned the people of the city into a mob in Chapter 6?

4. Why does the monk tell Dmitrii that he cannot leave Moscow in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 10, where does the domovaya send Vasya, and what warnings does she give?

6. How does the domovaya care for Vasya in Chapter 10?

7. In Chapter 11, why does Ded Grib decide to folllow Vasya?

8. In Chapter 12, what does the woman look like who comes when the Bear is speaking with Vasya?

9. What does Midnight tell the Bear about Vasya?

10. In Chapter 7, how does the Bear tell Konstantin to leave the scene where Konstantin vanquishes a vampire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Varvara sends Vasya to Lady Midnight. How does Vasya feel when she begins her journey in midnight? Does Vasya feel like giving up? How and why does her will to survive keep her moving?

Essay Topic 2

The Bear makes Konstantin an offer. What offer does the Bear make Konstantin? What does Konstantin desire? How does that influence his acceptance of the Bear’s offer?

Essay Topic 3

Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told. What is the point of view of the novel? How does it affect what readers know about characters and events?

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