Characters
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is the name of the friend that Ileana makes in the village?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, her friend is Gaby.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what are the two main settings and why does Ileana move between them?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, the two main settings are the city where Ileana and her parents live and the village where her grandparents live. Ileana is forced to leave the city when she talks to her father about the illegal things her mother and uncle have done. (Mentioning the electrician and bugs is also an acceptable answer).
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is the name of Ileana's book of stories and what is inside it?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, it's called The Tome. It is not filled with stories by others, but by stories by Ileana herself, though often she rewrites and alters stories that she hears from others.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what are the names of Ileana's parents?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, Liza and Lucian
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, which set of grandparents does Ileana go to live with and what does she find out about this parent?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, Ileana goes to live with her mother's parents, and learns that her mother ran away from the village as a teenager and hadn't spoken to the parents since then.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is a strigori and what character does Ileana think is one of these?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, a strigori is an undead person or monster like a zombie or vampire. Ileana thinks that Uncle Andrei has become one when she finds him injured (after being interrogated by the Securitate) in the old Church.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, who is Mr. Ursu and why is he significant?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, Mr. Ursu is the village butcher. He had been storied to have driven Ileana's mother away from the village as a teenager. Also, he listens illegally to the radio and confronts soldiers who are taking food. When they accuse him about the radio, he has a heart attack and passes away.
In In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, in the story about the gypsy who reads her mother's fortune, a certain curse box is found later. Where is it found and under what circumstances?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, the mother and the gypsy woman dig up a curse box from under the house in the village. The gypsy woman miraculously reappeared when Ileana's mother was having a terrible time in pregnancy.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is a balaur? And what real-life thing or person does Ileana think it is?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, a balaur is a three headed monster (whose tears become jewels). Ileana thinks that the bulldozer (or other truck) sent to tear down houses in the village is one.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is the Mother of the Forest? Which Character does Ileana think could be this and what creepy/interesting event happens towards the end of the story with this character?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, the Mother of the Forest is a witch who lures children into the forest to eat them. At one point, Ileana suspects that Old Constanta is the Mother of the Forest. Near the end of the story, old and sick Constanta guides Ileana through the dark woods, up the mountain to the old monastery where Uncle Andrei is being held. Later, Ileana finds out that Constanta had died that night.
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, what is the story that cannot be told and why can it not be told? How does Ilena invoke it near the end of the book?
In The Story that Cannot be Told by Kramer, the story that cannot be told is about a white wolf who protects the villagers who follow traditional Romanian ways. It cannot be told because it symbolizes resistance to the communist government. Near the end of the story, Ileana tells it to distract the soldiers in the monastery and believes the white wolf to be coming. However, it is actually the hotel owner and other villagers.