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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, what does the domovaya give Vasya to use to gather food?

2. Who does Varvara take Vasya to in Chapter 4?

3. What is found in the stable in Chapter 1?

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

5. In Chapter 10, where does the domovaya say that Vasya will have a scar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, when Olga, Vasya, and the others are surrounded, why do they not send for guards?

4. How does Polunochnitsa say that she helped Vasya, and why will she no longer assist her in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

8. How does Solovey die?

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

10. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Solovey want to do, and why does Vasya do something else?

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

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

Each chapter in the novel has a brief phrase that describes the chapter. Are these chapter headings spoilers?

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