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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 because he needed a maid.
(c) If Janusz married her out of duty.
(d) If Janusz married her because of her money.

2. What makes Silvana panic in Tony's store?
(a) A pile of bones.
(b) A gun.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A cat.

3. What does Gregor tell Silvana he is?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A priest.

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

5. What does Silvana realize while being attracted to Aurek's friend's father?
(a) That she is not sure she wants to stay in England.
(b) That she doesn't love Janusz any longer.
(c) That she has trust issues.
(d) That she might be able to love Janusz again as before.

6. Why does Janusz stay in the farmhouse he comes across?
(a) It is the house of the dead peasant.
(b) It belongs to his family.
(c) It is empty.
(d) He promissed the farmer.

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

8. Why are Aurek and his new friend forgiven for their behavior?
(a) Their parents do not know.
(b) They are both war survivors.
(c) Their parents do not think skipping school is a big deal.
(d) They both find friends.

9. Who shoots Franek's brother?
(a) Russian guards.
(b) German Guards
(c) Prioson guards
(d) Polish guards.

10. What makes Aurek happy?
(a) Having a friend.
(b) Going to the forest.
(c) Getting a coloring book.
(d) Eating out.

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

12. What is Aurek not ready for?
(a) To be a friend to Peter.
(b) To be the son Janusz wants.
(c) To be a boy.
(d) To be a civilized person.

13. What are Janusz, Bruno and Franek going across Europe in the hope of doing?
(a) Starting a new life.
(b) Escaping the war and wait.
(c) Joining the fight against Russia and Germany.
(d) Buying a farm.

14. What does Silvana find the morning after being asked to leave the farm?
(a) That Russia invaded Poland.
(b) That the farmer was dead.
(c) That the Germans found her.
(d) That Hanka left.

15. What is Silvana enjoying in Pages 57-82?
(a) English food.
(b) The life of an urban wife.
(c) The sun.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janusz try to accept as he boards the train?

2. What does the doctor say will cure Arurek of his animal-like behavior?

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

4. What is Aurek pretending to be?

5. What does Silvana do after Janusz leaves?

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