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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the people in the steerage section taken?
(a) To Ellis Island for processing.
(b) To Castle Clinton for interrogation and examination.
(c) To New Jersey.
(d) To lower Manhattan for further instructions.

2. What is the name of the circus that comes to the village?
(a) Stappenbeck Circus.
(b) Barnum Circus.
(c) Shriner's Circus.
(d) San Francisco Circus.

3. What name has Piotr been given in school?
(a) Pole.
(b) Peter.
(c) Small boy.
(d) Payter.

4. Who does Ryszard meet at a bar in a brothel?
(a) An author who wrote The Streets of New York.
(b) An author who wrote The Communistic Societies of the United States.
(c) An author who wrote for the New York Times.
(d) An author who works for the London Times.

5. What has plagued the fields of the commune?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Aphids.
(c) Moles.
(d) Grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question Ryszard finally asks Maryna the night after hearing Minnie's story?

2. At the conclusion of Chapter Five, what have the immigrants decided to do?

3. What does Ryzsard hope to accomplish aboard the ocean liner?

4. What is the first play Maryna sees as a child?

5. What is Wanda's reason for going to California?

(see the answer key)

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