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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?
(a) Salute it.
(b) Kick it.
(c) Throw stones at it.
(d) Spit on it.

2. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe Manya to be?
(a) Studious and disrespectful.
(b) Lying and deceitful.
(c) Stubborn and scornful.
(d) Smart and respectful.

3. Why does Manya come to the conclusion that keeping a post in Warsaw is impossible?
(a) She finds no intellectual challenge.
(b) It does not pay enough.
(c) She can not tolerate the rich.
(d) She cannot hide from the Russians.

4. What causes Manya to experience her first revolt against the church?
(a) Her father's loss of job and wages.
(b) The Russian imposition.
(c) Reading her books.
(d) Her mother's death.

5. How does Manya describe her first post as governess?
(a) Inventive.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Tolerable.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?

2. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?

3. Who is Manya's first romance with?

4. Why does Manya stay working as the governess with Casimir's family?

5. Which of the children takes over managing the household once Manya's mother dies?

(see the answer key)

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