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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booth tells Maryna she will find a picture or a bust of who in every room of the house?
(a) Sarah Bernhardt.
(b) Maryna.
(c) Booth himself.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What song does Barbara sing all day, the only one she knows in English"
(a) Old Man River.
(b) Three Blind Mice.
(c) Old McDonald.
(d) Suwanee River.

3. To where does Maryna move four days before her opening performance?
(a) To the top floor of the Ritz.
(b) To the top floor of the Mayfield Hotel.
(c) To the top floor of the Plaza Hotel.
(d) To the top floor of the Palance Hotel.

4. In what is Sarah Bernhardt rumored to sleep?
(a) A pile of three mattresses.
(b) A satin lined coffin.
(c) A circular bed.
(d) A bath tub.

5. To what does Barton change Maryna's name?
(a) Maria Zalowska.
(b) Marina Zalenska.
(c) Maria Zelenskow.
(d) Marina Zalens.

6. What does Bogdan want Piotr to pursue rather than piano lessons?
(a) His interest in mathmatics.
(b) His interest in engineering.
(c) His interest in literature.
(d) His interest in sports.

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

8. What promise does Maryna make to Piotr when arrives in New York from months in California?
(a) She will never leave him again.
(b) She will give him a birthday party.
(c) She will bring him backstage to meet the actors.
(d) She will travel with him to Europe.

9. What does Wanda do while the others are touring the land?
(a) She touches a beaver-tail cactus.
(b) She tries to get back on the train.
(c) She begins to cook dinner.
(d) She touches a scorpion.

10. What interruption plagues Maryna in her debut that causes her to toss it out of a window?
(a) A squeaking chair.
(b) A sqawking parrot.
(c) A chirping canary.
(d) A cooing dove.

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

12. What do Maryna and Warnock do to solve the problem?
(a) Book fewer performances.
(b) Get Maryna her own private railroad car.
(c) Get Maryna her own bus.
(d) Get Maryna a private airplane.

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

14. From what play does Maryna choose a part for her audition?
(a) Adirenne Lecouvreur.
(b) Camille.
(c) Othello.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Edwin Booth at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago?

3. How does Maryna find Eliza Withington?

4. What role does Bogdan say he knows how to play in his marriage to Maryna?

5. What does the group decide in their commune meeting in May?

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