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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the children's single focus at this time?
(a) Staying healthy.
(b) Helping their father.
(c) Managing the house.
(d) Learning.

2. Which of the children died from typhus?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Zosia.
(c) Hela.
(d) Bronya.

3. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Revolt.
(c) Suppression.
(d) Secrecy.

4. What religion does Manya practice?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Russian Orthodox.
(d) Lutheran.

5. Where does this story open?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though their life becomes dull and monotonous, what does this encourage for the family members?

2. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?

3. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?

4. How do the words that Manya overhears make her feel even though she doesn't understand what they mean?

5. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?

(see the answer key)

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