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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 is found in the stable in Chapter 1?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, how many times does Vasya tell Konstantin that she saved his life?

3. In Chapter 7, how is a peasant woman injured?

4. What comes to a peasant man and woman's house in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 9 when Vasya finds the lake, how many horses are graving in the meadow there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the Bear promise Konstantin if he does his bidding?

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

10. How does Konstantin act when he gets to his cell in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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