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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. Where does Morozko take Vasya in Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 20, where do Vasya, Morozko, Sasha, Sergei, and Rodion see Lady Midday?

3. In Chapter 26, where does Vasya have a gash bleeding?

4. Where does Vasya wrap the gold ropes around the Bear?

5. Where does Vasya drag her knife across the winter-king in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Sasha say about Vasya's relationship with Morozko?

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

3. In Chapter 19, why does Marya tell her mother no one must go to the cathedral?

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

5. In Chapter 17, why is Morozko afraid?

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

7. Why does Pozhar call Voron?

8. In Chapter 14, who does Vasya see after she stops the flood?

9. In Chapter 25, what do Sasha and Olga know of battles?

10. How does Olga help Vasya get into the palace in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author uses foreshadowing to create suspense in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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