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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 has plagued the fields of the commune?
2. What happens to Edwin Booth at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago?
3. Where does Maryna stay in San Francisco?
4. What wakes the commune in the middle of the night in April?
5. What is Ryszard's responsibility on the commune?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Seven, Maryna moves to San Francisco to return to the stage. How does she settle into San Francisco? Where does she live first? To where and how does she move? What is her goal?
2. Describe the immigrants' first night on their land in Anaheim, California.
3. Edwin Booth talks about his father and his brother, John Booth. What does he reveal about these two important figures in his life?
4. How does Booth treat Maryna in his monologue? Why does she suffer his verbal abuses?
5. In Chapter Six, the communal group begins to break up. Where do people go? Does anyone join another commune? Do any of the group remain in California?
6. What is the history of the land on which Maryna and her group settle? What is the primary crop of the land?
7. Edwin professes to Maryna that there are no happy endings and that an ending is anticlimactic. What does he mean by this?
8. What does Maryna choose to use as her audition material for Mr. Barton? How does the audition go? How does the author describe Marya's return to the stage? What do we learn about Maryna?
9. Ryszard offers to take Bogdan and Maryna on a trip to San Bernardinos. Does Bogdan go on the trip? How does he feel about Maryna and Ryzsard alone on the trip?
10. What does Edwin Booth have in his possession named Philo Perkins? What is the story behind Philo Perkins?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As they are readying to go to California to look for a new home for themselves and their friends, Ryszard says to Julian "America has its America, its better destination where everyone dreams of going." Discuss this theme in two contexts: America as it is seen by foreign immigrants, and America as it is seen by Americans.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, Maryna is comparing the commune to a marriage. What does she mean by this? How are the two similar in her mind? How are they different?
Essay Topic 3
In the end, Maryna chooses her life with Bogdan over a life with Ryszard. Why does she do this? What does she recognize about herself, Bogdan and Ryszard that makes her decision a clear one for her? Does she speak of sadness or regret over the decision?
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