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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maryna portraying at the end of her performance before the celebration dinner party?
(a) Juliet.
(b) Madame Curie.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Adrienne.

2. What is the name of the ship the immigrants eventually take to Panama?
(a) The Colona.
(b) The Germania.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) The Crescent City.

3. With which theatre does Maryna hold a life contract?
(a) The Imperial Theatre in Warsaw.
(b) The Wielki Theatre in Poznan.
(c) The Count Skarbek Theatre in Lwow.
(d) The Polski Theatre in Krakow.

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

5. What is the name of the boarder in Maryna's home who later becomes her husband?
(a) Alex Bordonivich.
(b) Henryk Simonzas.
(c) Heinrich Zalezowski.
(d) Michal Gorbechov.

6. What is the name of Maryna's personal assistant?
(a) Gabriela.
(b) Zophia.
(c) Katryna.
(d) Suzanne.

7. When do Ryszard and Julian leave for America?
(a) Mid October.
(b) Late June.
(c) Early September.
(d) Late January.

8. Who is Aniela?
(a) A young servant girl in Maryna's employ.
(b) Piotr's baby sister.
(c) Piotr's cousin.
(d) A young acting student in America.

9. In her letter, what does Maryna identify as her one complaint about New York City?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The heat.
(c) The theatre.
(d) The crime.

10. How does Stefan die?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Pneumonia.

11. What does Ryszard find when he goes below to the steerage portion of the ship?
(a) Overcrowding and wretched conditions.
(b) A smoking room filled with men.
(c) Dinner being served in the dining hall.
(d) Foreigners preparing to eat dinner.

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

13. Where does the man in the brothel bar tell Ryszard to go?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Upstate New York.
(d) New Jersey.

14. Who does Maryna rush back to Krakow to see?
(a) Her mother and father.
(b) Her brother Stefan who is dying.
(c) Bogdan's mother.
(d) Her sister Jozefina who is ill.

15. Who is hosting the celebration party for Maryna?
(a) Bogdan
(b) Ryszard.
(c) Piotr.
(d) Henryk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who slaps Maryna across the face?

3. Why does the captain of the ship ask Ryszard not to go to the steerage section again?

4. What is the name of the city in which Maryna is performing on the night of the party?

5. Who makes the first toast to Maryna at dinner?

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