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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bogdan makes his last journal entry in mid-June, what has happened to the commune?
(a) The neighboring commune has asked them to join together.
(b) Everyone has begun to leave, including Maryna.
(c) The land has been sold out from under them.
(d) They have been given money to open a winery.

2. What is in the telegram Maryna receives from Bogdan?
(a) He has decided to stay on the land and try again.
(b) He has met someone else and will not be coming to San Francisco.
(c) He has had an accident and will not be coming to San Francisco.
(d) He and Piotr missed their train and will not be coming until later.

3. What new habit has Bogdan acquired since last seeing Maryna?
(a) Interrupting.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Biting his nails.
(d) Stuttering.

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

5. What commune establishes itself north of Anaheim?
(a) Societas Edenica.
(b) Society Endicino.
(c) Brook Farm.
(d) Societe du Frances.

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

7. Who is the star in Paris that haunts Maryna?
(a) Katherine Hepburn.
(b) Audrey Hepburn.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Coco Channel.

8. Who comes to visit the commune from San Francisco?
(a) Edwin Booth.
(b) The Dowanger Countess.
(c) Heinrich Zakowski.
(d) Bruno Halek.

9. What does Bogdan and Piotr find on a beach and Piotr draw in his notebook?
(a) The airplane.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The steam engine.
(d) The hot air balloon.

10. Who has learned the chemistry of wine making and tries to teach the immigrants?
(a) Ryszard.
(b) Julian.
(c) Bogdan.
(d) Jakob.

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

12. What does the group decide in their commune meeting in May?
(a) To stay on the commune until the following spring.
(b) To leave the commune in June.
(c) To stay on the commune working indefinitely.
(d) To stay on the commune working until October.

13. While visiting with Maryna in Poland, what does Henryk say to her?
(a) Poland needs her, but she no longer needs Poland.
(b) He is moving to New York.
(c) She should not come back to Poland to visit anymore.
(d) She is selfish and should leave the stage.

14. What does Ryszard come to realize on his ride with Maryna?
(a) That he does not really love Maryna.
(b) That Maryna loves only Bogdan.
(c) That Maryna will never love him.
(d) That they love each other.

15. What does Halek steal from Piotr?
(a) His diary.
(b) His souvenier from the Exposition.
(c) His book on the Cherokee Indians.
(d) His jigsaw puzzle, The Smashed Up Locomotive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bogdan contemplate his entire life being?

2. What two words make up the name Anaheim?

3. After shooting President Lincoln, what does Edwin say his brother John does?

4. What kind of healthy dessert does Daunta learn to make and prepare for the immigrants?

5. Who does Cyprian introduce to Bogdan?

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