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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silvana feel free from when she first moves in with Janusz?

2. What does Janusz compare what he wants his family to be to?

3. What does Silvana wonder as she and Janusz move into their own flat in "Poland"?

4. Where is Aurek's friend's family from?

5. What does Aurek consider his father to be at the start of Pages 120-149?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Hanka and Silvana in "Poland"?

2. Who finds Aurek in the boys bathroom?

3. What does Janusz reminisce about in "Ipswich"?

4. What does Silvana learn after receiving a gift from Tony in "Ipswich"?

5. How does Aurek upset Janusz when passing a pub?

6. Who is Ambrose?

7. Where do the three men travel in "Poland"?

8. What does Silvana fear?

9. What does Janusz try to accept when boarding a train in "Poland"?

10. What does the doctor say of Aurek's behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the relationship between Silvana and Aurek in England with the relationship between Janusz and Silvana.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of secrets and the impact that they have on relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that the Polish soldiers had on Janusz.

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