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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flowers bloom at the beginning of May?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Dandelions.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Violets.

2. In Chapter 11, why does Janina say that some people are evil and nasty?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Mars.

3. What is the name of the writer's wife?
(a) Agata.
(b) Gabrysia.
(c) Sabiny.
(d) Dabrowka.

4. What was Janina's second career?
(a) Housekeeper.
(b) Salesperson.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Librarian.

5. In Chapter 13, how long has it been since Janina gave up smoking?
(a) 15 years.
(b) A dozen years.
(c) A decade.
(d) 5 years.

6. What nationality was Oddball's mother?
(a) German.
(b) Czech.
(c) Romanian.
(d) Lithuanian.

7. In Chapter 11, what song does Boros start singing and Janina and Oddball join him?
(a) Sounds of Silence.
(b) Puff (The Magic Dragon).
(c) Michael Row the Boat Ashore.
(d) The House of the Rising Sun.

8. What prize do Janina and Oddball win for their costumes at the mushroom pickers' ball?
(a) Bottle of vodka.
(b) Field guide to mushrooms.
(c) Bottle of whiskey.
(d) Mushroom-shaped cake.

9. What types of books does the writer write?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Detective.
(c) Horror.
(d) Romance.

10. When did Oddball's mother die?
(a) When he finished elementary school.
(b) When he was 15.
(c) After he and his sister were through secondary school.
(d) When he was 11.

11. Where was Good News born?
(a) Village outside Klodzko.
(b) Village outside of Krakow.
(c) Village outside Bozcow.
(d) Village outside Warsaw.

12. What is the name of the man who is said to have let foxes loose from his farm?
(a) Ginter.
(b) Bojarski.
(c) Innerd.
(d) Czarny.

13. When does mushroom season start?
(a) Mid-June.
(b) Mid-April.
(c) Late June.
(d) Late May.

14. What costume does Oddball wear to the mushroom pickers' ball?
(a) Little Red Riding Hood.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Lion.
(d) Woodsman.

15. What day of the week is Janina supposed to teach children in the village?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of scientist is Borys?

2. What is Janina's profession?

3. What was the name of Himmler's court astrologer?

4. In Chapter 10, what color backpack does a man have that Janina sees in the forest?

5. When Janina's ailments first erupted, how long was it before she could walk?

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