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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maryna finally get to perform with on stage?
(a) Edwin Booth.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Sir Charles Rathbone.
(d) Rhett Butler.

2. What wakes the commune in the middle of the night in April?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) A coyote howling.
(c) A small earthquake.
(d) An intruder.

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

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

5. After telling him of the terrible travel conditions she and her family have endured on the tour, what does Maryna promise Warnock?
(a) It will not be like this again.
(b) I am firing you.
(c) I am leaving the stage.
(d) I need a rest.

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

7. How does Maryna burn her hand?
(a) On a match.
(b) On a hot cup of tea.
(c) On a hot stone.
(d) Over the fire.

8. What does Ryszard ask of Maryna in the letter he leaves in her pocket?
(a) To marry him.
(b) To ride with him up into the mountains.
(c) To leave Bogdan.
(d) To return to the theatre.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which roles does Edwin Booth enjoy playing the most?

2. What is the name of the circus that comes to the village?

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

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

5. What is Bogdan's new name?

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