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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 was the name of Vasya's grandmother?

2. What does the Bear send after Vasya in Chapter 12?

3. Why does Deb Grib follow Vasya?

4. In Chapter 10, how large is the hand that grabs Vasya's hand?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Vasya eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Sasha think that Vasya did not die in the fire?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 10, where does the domovaya send Vasya, and what warnings does she give?

9. What happens to a peasant couple in Chapter 7?

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

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

Genre is how literature is classified. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not science fiction?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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