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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hanka want to do that causes Silvana feelings of dread?
(a) Go to Russia.
(b) Go back to Poland.
(c) Go to England.
(d) Go to Germany.

2. What does Janusz decide while Franek is outside?
(a) To leave for England.
(b) To leave for Warsaw.
(c) To leave for France.
(d) To leave for Spain.

3. How does Silvana get the German soldier who arrives seeking her apartment to leave?
(a) She chases him with a broom.
(b) She pays him.
(c) She gives herself to him.
(d) She tells him to leave.

4. Why does Janusz think the house he bought is lucky in "22 Britannia Road"?
(a) It had a nice front door.
(b) It is in a good neighborhood.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) It shows little of the effects of war.

5. What does Silvana wonder as she and Janusz move into their own flat in "Poland"?
(a) If Janusz will love their son as much as her.
(b) If Janusz married her out of duty.
(c) If Janusz married her because he needed a maid.
(d) If Janusz married her because of her money.

6. What is Silvana disappointed in according to pages 29-56?
(a) That Janusz has no car.
(b) That the house is small.
(c) That England has the same battle scars as Poland.
(d) That Janusz doen;t have a good job.

7. What does Janusz miss?
(a) Speaking Polish.
(b) His parents.
(c) Polish food.
(d) The company of a woman.

8. What does Aurek struggle with?
(a) Going to school.
(b) English.
(c) Sleeping in a bed.
(d) Having a father.

9. What does Silvana tell Tony she wants?
(a) A French-English dictionary.
(b) A ring.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A dog.

10. What is Aurek pretending to be?
(a) Tarzan.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A wild boar.
(d) A soldier.

11. What does Janusz teach Silvana and Aurek to do in Ipswich?
(a) Behave in society.
(b) English,
(c) Play without being violent.
(d) Eat with fork.

12. Where does Silvana and Aurek spend most of the war hiding?
(a) In Warsaw.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In a destroyed church.
(d) In a deserted factory.

13. What job is Silvana able to get?
(a) Maid.
(b) Sales lady.
(c) Hairdresser.
(d) Factory seamstress.

14. Why is Janusz not home when Silvana's water breaks?
(a) He is in the army.
(b) He is in prison.
(c) He is going to the store.
(d) He is at work.

15. What is stronger than Janusz's guilt over leaving his family?
(a) His wish for a new life.
(b) His will to live.
(c) His sense of adventure.
(d) His wish to get far from the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Silvana and Aurek not seen Janusz?

2. What does Janusz notice happened recently?

3. Where does Aurek hide after running away from school?

4. What is the name of the neighbor Silvana meets?

5. How are Silvana and Aurek traveling in pages 1-28?

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