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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 Vasya think Marya should be sent?

2. In Chapter 21, where do the guards want Sasha to go?

3. Who tells Vasya she failed in Chapter 25?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what does someone throw that lands at the feet of Sergei's horse?

5. In Chapter 16 where does Morozko cut Vasya?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what future does the bannik see if Vasya and Marya survive?

2. Why does Pozhar call Voron?

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

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

5. How and why does Konstantin kill himself?

6. What did Vasya expect that Morozko's prison would look like?

7. In Chapter 22, why is Morozko frustrated that Vasya has summoned him and a thunderstorm?

8. How does summer come to Moscow In Chapter 19?

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

10. How does Vasya ask Pozhar to help her find the winter-king?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A mob comes to kill Vasya. What does Vasya do when the mob comes? What is she feeling as the mob drags her away? How does desperation influence her behavior and her ability to escape?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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