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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is called a "national symbol?"
(a) Stalin.
(b) Maryna.
(c) Bogdan.
(d) Churchill.

2. When she is a child, what is one thing Maryna wants to grow up to be?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A chef.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A soldier.

3. What is the name of the city in which Maryna is performing on the night of the party?
(a) Paris.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) London.

4. What does Maryna declare at the end of Chapter One?
(a) "I am hungry and confused."
(b) "I am muddleheaded and tired of acting."
(c) "I am too old to be a good actress any longer."
(d) "I yearn for a better life."

5. What does Bogdan offer as a toast?
(a) "Break a leg!"
(b) "Friendship and solidarity."
(c) "Togetherness and happiness."
(d) "The performance of a lifetime."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Zakopane?

2. What news does Tadeusz receive in Krakow?

3. What does Henryk teach Piotr when he comes to visit?

4. Of what do Maryna and Henryk speak the day after her performance?

5. What year do the characters leave for Zakopane?

(see the answer key)

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