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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 the neighbor agree to do?

2. Where does Janusz live with Helene in Pages 83-119?

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

4. How old is Silvana when she moves in with Janusz?

5. How old is Aurek?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who finds Aurek in the boys bathroom?

2. Who does Silvana run into when she leaves the house?

3. What does Silvana try to push aside?

4. What do Aurek and Silvana struggle against in "Ipswich"?

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

6. What does Silvana worry about in "Poland"?

7. Who is Ambrose?

8. What is Janusz shocked to find?

9. What are young boys of Poland encouraged to do in "Poland, 1939"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that the Polish soldiers had on Janusz.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Silvana's realizations regarding Tony at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Define theme and discuss the theme of loss as depicted in "22 Britannia Road".

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