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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. In Chapter 10, how large is the hand that grabs Vasya's hand?

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

3. Where does Marya seem to see someone in Chapter 6?

4. Who killed Vasya's father?

5. What does Vasya find flowering in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to a peasant couple in Chapter 7?

3. What does Vasya dream after being hit several times in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, how does Vasya escape?

5. What are Vasya's thoughts when Konstantin leaves her in the chapel in Chapter 4?

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

7. In Chapter 9, what does the hut look like that Vasya sees?

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

9. What does themushroom-spirit help Vasya find in Chapter 11?

10. How does Vasya feel at the beginning of Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Lady Midnight betray Vasya? Why does Lady Midnight betray Vasya? What is Vasya’s purpose in life? What does the betrayal have to do with Vasya not fulfilling her purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Why would Vasya be considered the protagonist and the Bear the antagonist? Does the Bear’s role change? Why? Would the Bear be considered Vasya’s ally at a point in the novel rather than her antagonist?

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