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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 was the name of Vasya's grandmother?

2. What does Varvara call the Bear?

3. What does the Demovoi say he can do in Chapter 2?

4. Who killed Vasya's father?

5. What hops into the death-god's hand as Vasya watches in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, where does Vasya find Marya and why does the girl not want to leave?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what happened the night before?

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

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

7. Why does Baba Yaga leave Vasya in Chapter 13?

8. In Chapter 4, how does Vasya escape?

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

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

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

There is a battle between faith and fear in the novel. What is the battle between faith and fear? How does the power of faith overcome fear?

Essay Topic 3

Pozhar is a magic horse that was imprisoned by a sorcerer. How long was Pozhar imprisoned? How was she imprisoned? Who is Pozhar and what does she represent?

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