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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 does Vasya believe hits Solovey in Chapter 3?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

3. How tall is the domovaya in Chapter 10?

4. What was Vasya's mother's name?

5. What berries does Vasya find in Chapter 10 to eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 9, what does the hut look like that Vasya sees?

6. How does Solovey die?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Konstantin is able to work with the Bear without anyone noticing. How is the Bear able to work with Konstantin undetected? What that reveal about the connection between humanity and the chyerti?

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