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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Countess, Bogdan, and Maryna drink on their farewell visit?
(a) Hot buttered rum.
(b) Hot butter beer.
(c) Hot beer with cream and white cheese.
(d) Hot toddies.

2. What Shakespearean play is Maryna reciting at dinner?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) As You Like It.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

3. What do the men purchase in the village before leaving Zakopane?
(a) Books and hatchets.
(b) Liquor and clothing.
(c) Blankets and hatchets.
(d) Knives and blankets.

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

5. How does Maryna describe the change in her since beginning the trip to America?
(a) "I adore travel."
(b) "I swim in vacancy."
(c) "I am not prepared for this hardship."
(d) "I am hot and tired of this."

6. Who does the dinner conversation center around?
(a) Praise for Winston Churchill.
(b) Praise for the Polish king.
(c) Praise for Maryna's performance.
(d) Praise for the sumptuous meal.

7. How old is Maryna?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

8. What is Nipu?
(a) A small coastal town off Japan.
(b) A small, isolated, idealic community.
(c) A small town in northern England.
(d) A small island off the coast of Russia.

9. How many guests have attended Maryna's celebration party?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 105.
(d) 27.

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

11. What book does Julian bring with to read aboard the ship?
(a) Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
(c) Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
(d) Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

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

13. What other book does Maryna plan to read on the ship?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) The Stage.
(c) Villett.
(d) Collette.

14. Where is the celebration dinner party after Maryna's performance?
(a) Hotel Sushi.
(b) Hotel California.
(c) Hotel Saski.
(d) Hotel Krakow.

15. What is the name of the hotel in which Julian and Ryszard stay in New York City?
(a) Plaza Hotel.
(b) St Regis Hotel.
(c) Browns Hotel.
(d) Central Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the celebration party, what language is being spoken by the guests?

2. What news does Tadeusz receive in Krakow?

3. What is the first word of Spanish Maryna learns?

4. Who slaps Maryna across the face?

5. How old is Maryna when she first enters the theatre?

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