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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Helene die?
(a) She drown.
(b) She was hit by a car.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Shot by a German soldier.

2. Who stole Silvana's possessions?
(a) Gregor.
(b) Ela.
(c) Marysia.
(d) A German soldier.

3. What does Janusz teach Aurek?
(a) To pick mushrooms.
(b) To catch birds' eggs.
(c) To catch birds.
(d) To catch fish.

4. What does Janusz wonder as he sits alone in the house?
(a) He should have gone back to Helene.
(b) He should buy a farm.
(c) He should be going back to Poland.
(d) He should check the local Communist party.

5. Where do Janusz and Bruno arrive at in France?
(a) Marseille.
(b) Nice.
(c) Cassis.
(d) Toulon.

6. What does Silvana think she needs to keep her son safe?
(a) Tony.
(b) Herself alone.
(c) His real father.
(d) Janusz.

7. Who is Silvana saved by in Poland?
(a) A woodsman and his family.
(b) A soldier and his family.
(c) A nun and her convent.
(d) A farmer and his wife.

8. What does Janusz forget about at the farm?
(a) Bruno.
(b) His wife.
(c) Poland.
(d) The war.

9. What does Tony say to Janusz when he sees him on the road?
(a) That Silvana left.
(b) That Silvana is waiting for him.
(c) That Silvana doesn't want to see him.
(d) That Aurek doesn't want to see hime.

10. What do Janus, Doris and Gilbert discuss in Page 240-271?
(a) The war.
(b) Poland.
(c) The car.
(d) Food.

11. What is Janusz ready to do at the farm?
(a) Leave it.
(b) Buy it.
(c) Marry Helene.
(d) Take it over.

12. What does Helene understand about Janusz?
(a) That she can only have a temporary relationship with him.
(b) That she would need to move to England to have him.
(c) That he loves her for her body only.
(d) That she can never have him.

13. What does Ruby encourage Janusz to do?
(a) To go to America.
(b) To return to Poland.
(c) Find his wife and son.
(d) To go to France.

14. What is Tony's other occupation?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Black marketeer.
(d) Bingo host.

15. What does Silvana receive for her birthday?
(a) A television.
(b) A new car.
(c) A ring.
(d) A new dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Janusz does not destroy in the yard?

2. What does Bruno want to do upon arriving in France?

3. How do Tony and Silvana arrange to see each other?

4. Why is Janusz and Silvana's evening sweetness cut short?

5. Who is Silvana living with a year after leaving Warsaw?

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