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

2. What does Varvara call the Bear?

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

4. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 5, when does the Bear want Konstantin to go and do what he tells him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Solovey die?

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

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

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

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 3

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?

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