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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 the easiest way to get out of midnight?

2. Where do Vasya and Morozko go after he speaks with Olga in Chapter 24?

3. What is the name of the horse Vasya sees near a campfire in the bend of a river in Chapter 20?

4. What does Konstantin paint in Chapter 19?

5. Who tells Vasya she failed in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vasya get free in Chapter 27, and what does she do once she is free?

2. What does the place look like where the winter-king is Chapter 16?

3. How does Morozko heal Vasya in Chapter 17?

4. How and why does Konstantin kill himself?

5. Why does Vasya let the Bear loose in Chapter 29?

6. Why does Morozko need to leave in Chapter 24?

7. In Chapter 26, what does Sasha tell Chelubey that they were doing?

8. How does Vasya escape Chelubey's camp in Chapter 28?

9. Why does Vasya vomit when they cross the river Moskva on a ferry in Chapter 21?

10. In Chapter 17, why is Morozko afraid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are three novels in the series. The Winter of the Witch is the last book in the trilogy. How is information provided to readers who may not have read the previous novels in the series? Is the author successful in providing this information?

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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