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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 does Sasha realize needs to be tried and justice done?

2. In Chapter 9, what season is it in Midnight's domain?

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

4. In Chapter 5, where does Konstantin see the Bear?

5. At the end of Chapter 7, where does the Bear kiss Konstantin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 4, how does Vasya escape?

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

6. Why does Sasha think that Vasya did not die in the fire?

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

8. What does Midnight tell the Bear about Vasya?

9. How does Solovey die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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