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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bogdan and Piotr find on a beach and Piotr draw in his notebook?
(a) The airplane.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The hot air balloon.
(d) The steam engine.

2. What is the name of the circus that comes to the village?
(a) San Francisco Circus.
(b) Shriner's Circus.
(c) Barnum Circus.
(d) Stappenbeck Circus.

3. To where does Maryna travel for her first performances outside of San Francisco?
(a) Virginia City, Nevada.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(d) Kansas City, Kansas.

4. Where do Jackob and Ryszard sleep their first night on the commune?
(a) In the small bedroom.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In a tent outside.

5. When did Maryna first see Booth on stage?
(a) When she was three.
(b) Two years earlier.
(c) When she was thirty five.
(d) Thirteen years earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant in which Maryna has lunch after her audition?

2. Who are the three people Maryna thinks about contacting while she is listening to Mr. Barton?

3. What is the first line of Richard III?

4. Where is Julian working while Maryna is in New York?

5. How is the theatre lit on the night of Maryna's premiere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Edwin professes to Maryna that there are no happy endings and that an ending is anticlimactic. What does he mean by this?

2. How does Maryna meet Miss Collingridge? When do they meet a second time? What happens after this second meeting?

3. In Chapter Eight, Maryna talks about her "newly reconstituted family." Who are the members of the family, and what roles do each of these people play in Maryna's life? What does Maryna declare to Bogdan about her life with this family?

4. During his monologue, Edwin tells Marina why he suffers. What explanations does he give for his suffering? Would he rather not suffer?

5. In his love letter to Maryna in which he asks her to travel with him, Ryzard refers to Jack Goodyear, a squatter Ryszard has met in the mountains. Jack Goodyear explains to Ryszard that "sometimes it seems to him as though there were two Jacks." What does Goodyear mean by this?

6. What does Edwin Booth have in his possession named Philo Perkins? What is the story behind Philo Perkins?

7. At the end of Chapter Eight, Maryna and Bogdan have a conversation about their relationship. What has each come to recognize about his and herself and about each other? Does this seem genuine on both of their parts?

8. What story does Ryszard write based on the events at the circus? What is his purpose for writing his story?

9. Maryna and her troupe continue their tour across America to packed theatres and adoring audiences. What does Mr Warnock suggest in order to facilitate one night stands across the country? How does this change the tone of her trip across country? What is the name lettered in gold on the car?

10. How does Booth treat Maryna in his monologue? Why does she suffer his verbal abuses?

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