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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. When do Pages 150-183 start?

2. What does Tony ask Silvana after she comes home?

3. What is the only thing Janusz does not destroy in the yard?

4. What do Silvana and Aurek find in a hole left by a bomb?

5. What does Silvana think she needs to keep her son safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tends to Janusz in "Poland" and why?

2. Who sees Silvana and Aurek as a miracle?

3. What happens with Bruno in Scotland?

4. What changes for Janusz at work in "Ipswich"?

5. What happens when Silvana returns home?

6. What does Silvana learn at the woodsman's home in "Poland"?

7. What happens between Silvana and Gregor a year after Silvana left Warsaw?

8. What is the tree for in "Ipswich"?

9. What does Aurek contemplate in "Felixstowe"?

10. What happens at Christmas in "Ipswich"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of Silvana's realizations regarding Tony at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact that the war has on the characters in the book and compare this to real life experiences.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of secrets and the impact that they have on relationships.

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