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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose arms does Aurek fall from the tree into?
(a) Peter's arms.
(b) Janusz's arms.
(c) Silvana's arms.
(d) Tony's arms.

2. How often does Silvana send a postcard to Janusz?
(a) Every month.
(b) Every day.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Every week.

3. Who writes the last letter bringing news from Helene?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her husband,
(d) Her mother.

4. Where does Tony bring Aurek and Silvana?
(a) His house by the sea.
(b) To his shop.
(c) To France.
(d) To his boat.

5. Who does the house Silvana is living in belong to?
(a) An old neigbor.
(b) A dead soldier.
(c) Tony's wife's parents.
(d) Tony.

6. How many silver birch trees does Janusz plant in his backyard?
(a) 70.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 55.

7. Where is Janusz sent to recover?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In the country.
(c) In England.
(d) In Marseille.

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

9. How many men does Silvana witness the German soldiers killing?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

11. Who does Janusz meet on his way home?
(a) Silcana.
(b) Tony.
(c) Doris.
(d) His boss.

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

13. What does Aurek see at Tony's home?
(a) Tony slapping Silvana.
(b) Tony moving large boxes of food.
(c) Tony looking at his wife's image.
(d) Tony and his mother kissing.

14. What does Silvana do after leaving Tony?
(a) She prepares her suitcase.
(b) She goes to check on Helene's love letters.
(c) She goes and tries to find a job,
(d) She files for divorce.

15. What happens to Ela?
(a) She flees.
(b) She is shot by the German soldier.
(c) She starts beating Marysia.
(d) She pays the German soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silvana want to tell Tony, but backtracks at the last moment and leaves?

2. Who does Gregor leave the camp with in pages 184-215?

3. What does Silvana worry about while looking at paper clippings?

4. What does Silvana deduce from the medicine the mother is taking?

5. Where does Silvana sleep the night of her birthday?

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