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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At whose table does Maryna sit at the Polka Saloon?
(a) Ella LaRue's table.
(b) Abraham Lincoln's table.
(c) Henry Warnack's table.
(d) Edwin Booth's table.

2. What role does Bogdan say he knows how to play in his marriage to Maryna?
(a) The role of a farmer.
(b) The role of a father.
(c) The role of the husband of an actress.
(d) The role of a teacher.

3. At the conclusion of Chapter Five, what have the immigrants decided to do?
(a) Purchase their land.
(b) Celebrate the 4th of July.
(c) Decide to leave.
(d) Cook a turkey.

4. What happens to Edwin Booth at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago?
(a) James Booth comes onto the stage and announces Lincoln's death.
(b) Mark Gray attempts to shoot him dead.
(c) He forgets his lines and has to be taken off the stage screaming.
(d) He is booed off the stage for being John Booth's brother.

5. Why did Booth's mother send him away at age fourteen?
(a) She sent him off to college.
(b) She sent him off to be his father's dresser and companion.
(c) She sent him off to live with a rich uncle.
(d) She sent him off to boarding school.

6. What is the name of the restaurant in which Maryna has lunch after her audition?
(a) Antoine's.
(b) Galatoire's.
(c) The Fountain.
(d) Delmonico's.

7. How does Maryna find Eliza Withington?
(a) From a neighbor.
(b) Ryszard met her in town.
(c) From an ad in the newspaper.
(d) Julian met her in town.

8. How does Edwin Booth's father die?
(a) He falls off Germania on his way to Europe.
(b) He falls off a cliff in Switzerland.
(c) He falls off a riverboat between New Orleans and Cincinnati.
(d) He falls off a tall building.

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

10. What is Ryszard's responsibility on the commune?
(a) Hunting deer.
(b) FIshing for salmon.
(c) Gathering eggs from the hen house.
(d) Hunting rabbit and quail.

11. Who does Maryna dream about on their first night on their land?
(a) Abraham LIncoln.
(b) Edwin Booth.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Ryszard.

12. Where does Maryna stay in San Francisco?
(a) At the theatre.
(b) With relatives from Krakow.
(c) With Capt. and Mrs. Znaniecki.
(d) With Ryszard in a hotel.

13. Why does Booth say he talk so much about his father?
(a) To talk about his brother John makes him cry.
(b) To talk about anyone else is boring.
(c) To talk about anything else is pointless.
(d) To talk about his brother John makes him furious.

14. How do the playbills for Maryna's New York debut read?
(a) Countess Maryna of Poland.
(b) Countess Zalenska of the Russian Imperial Theatre, Warsaw.
(c) Countess Zaloweska of Warsaw.
(d) Countess Zalenska of the Royal Theatre in Krakow.

15. What is the question Ryszard finally asks Maryna the night after hearing Minnie's story?
(a) If she is going to let him stay with her.
(b) If she is going back to New York.
(c) If she is returning to Bogdan in California.
(d) If she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angus Barton?

2. What is in the telegram Maryna receives from Bogdan?

3. What does Booth object to in Maryna's performance the same evening?

4. While visiting with Maryna in Poland, what does Henryk say to her?

5. What does Bogdan become interested in while recovering from his accident in California?

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