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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maryna invite to join them in Zakopane?
(a) Gabriela Ebert.
(b) Krystyana.
(c) Ryszard.
(d) Mr. Zalezowski.

2. What book has Henryk given to Maryna as a farewell gift?
(a) Gone With the Wind.
(b) The Survival of the Fittest.
(c) Emiliy Dickenson's Poetry.
(d) The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

3. Who ministers to the sick in the village at no charge all summer?
(a) Henryk.
(b) Julian.
(c) Jozephina.
(d) Bogdan.

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

5. When is the story set?
(a) Early 1920's.
(b) Late 1700's.
(c) Late 1800's.
(d) Early 1800's.

6. What is Maryna wearing at the celebration party after her performance?
(a) A tutu.
(b) A sage green robe.
(c) A dark green suit.
(d) A sequin-studded dress.

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

8. Who is the man in the felt hat Maryna meets in Bremen?
(a) Her friend, Jacob Weisner.
(b) Her student, Krystyna.
(c) Her ex-husband, Heinrich Zalezowska.
(d) Her school teacher, Henryk Klein.

9. When does Maryna first meet Bogdan's grandmother?
(a) In 1840 when Piotr is first born.
(b) In 1870 when she and Bogdan are to be wed.
(c) In 1915 when they all leave for America.
(d) In 1930 when she and Bogdan are to be wed.

10. 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 works for the London Times.
(d) An author who wrote for the New York Times.

11. What is the first word of Spanish Maryna learns?
(a) Olvido.
(b) Albondigas.
(c) Cuaderno.
(d) Cucaracha.

12. What happens on the ship to draw Maryna's attention away from her introspection?
(a) The captain asks her to dance.
(b) The ship hits a rock.
(c) A man falls overboard.
(d) Bogdan disappears.

13. Who is Jozefina?
(a) Maryna's servant and housekeeper.
(b) Maryna's stage assistant.
(c) Bogdan's aunt.
(d) Maryna's widowed sister.

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

15. What people does Ryszard find to be the most polite people in New York?
(a) Chinese.
(b) African Americans.
(c) Italians.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the celebration party taking place?

2. Where are the people in the steerage section taken?

3. Where is Zakopane?

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

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

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