View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Piotr declare he is thankful for on Thanksgiving?
(a) Living in California.
(b) Coming to America.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Growing taller.

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

3. What does Ryszard witness while on Market Street?
(a) Maryna kissing the flirting stockbroker.
(b) A bank robbery by Maryna's Guatemalan admirer.
(c) The murder of the stockbroker by the Guatemalan.
(d) Bogdan exiting a carriage.

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

5. Who is waiting for Maryna when she arrives in San Francisco?
(a) Henryk.
(b) Piotr.
(c) Bogdan.
(d) Ryszard.

6. What does Booth begin doing while imitating David Garrick?
(a) Speaking rudely to Maryna.
(b) Drinking whiskey.
(c) Yelling backstage.
(d) Overturning chairs.

7. Who is supposed to be the great actor of the family?
(a) John Booth.
(b) Joseph Booth.
(c) Edwin Booth.
(d) Ned Booth.

8. How does Mr. Barton respond to Maryna's audition?
(a) He tells her goodbye.
(b) He offers her as many weeks on the stage as she would like.
(c) He applauds and tells her he will get back to her.
(d) He leaves the theatre and says nothing.

9. When did Maryna first see Booth on stage?
(a) Thirteen years earlier.
(b) Two years earlier.
(c) When she was thirty five.
(d) When she was three.

10. What is Bogdan's new name?
(a) Bog-Dan.
(b) Bob-Don.
(c) Bob-Senior.
(d) Bob-Dan.

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

12. To where does Maryna travel for her first performances outside of San Francisco?
(a) Kansas City, Kansas.
(b) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(c) Virginia City, Nevada.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

13. What do the immigrants have for their first meal in the new home?
(a) Grilled salmon.
(b) Grilled shrimp.
(c) Grilled eggplant.
(d) Grilled venison.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what Shakespearean character does Booth say he has a weakness?

2. To what does Barton change Maryna's name?

3. What promise does Maryna make to Piotr when arrives in New York from months in California?

4. Which two members of the commune are interested in the new commune north of them?

5. What new habit has Bogdan acquired since last seeing Maryna?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 448 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample