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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 is Vasya struck by a sword in Chapter 26?

2. In Chapter 25, near what type of trees do Vasya and Sasha find them in midnight?

3. What do the clothes smell of that Vasya is given in Chapter 16?

4. What type of bird is Morozko's horse?

5. How does Konstantin kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Pozhar call Voron?

5. How does Morozko heal Vasya in Chapter 17?

6. In Chapter 24, why will Oleg not come to Dmitrii's aid?

7. In Chapter 17, why is Morozko afraid?

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

9. What happens when Vasya and Morozko fight in Chapter 16?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Konstantin is able to work with the Bear without anyone noticing. How is the Bear able to work with Konstantin undetected? What that reveal about the connection between humanity and the chyerti?

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

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

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