View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Vasya broken in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 8, who is Dmitrii speaking with when Sasha finds him?

3. Where is Vasya when she wakes in Chapter 3?

4. What color is Konstantin's hair?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, how many times does Vasya tell Konstantin that she saved his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what does the woman look like who comes when the Bear is speaking with Vasya?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what happened the night before?

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

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

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

7. What does themushroom-spirit help Vasya find in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Baba Yaga leave Vasya in Chapter 13?

9. How does Solovey die?

10. Who does Marya say turned the people of the city into a mob in Chapter 6?

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

Konstantin inflames a mob with his words. How and why does Konstantin incite a mob? What does he stand to gain by killing Vasya?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 727 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample