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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first line of Richard III?
(a) "And all the clouds that low'r'd upon our house."
(b) "Now is the winter of our discontent."
(c) "The Montegues and the Capulets war wage."
(d) "Made glorious summer by this son of York."

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

3. How is the theatre lit on the night of Maryna's premiere?
(a) With candlelight.
(b) With neon.
(c) With gas lights.
(d) With halogen bulbs.

4. 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 a private airplane.
(d) Get Maryna her own bus.

5. What are the words Maryna at the end of the book?
(a) "I have fallen in love with you since I was a child."
(b) "That's enough, Edwin, dear Edwin. Stop, Edwin."
(c) "I no longer want to act with you on the stage."
(d) "You remind me of Ryszard, my love."

6. 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 loves him.
(c) If she is returning to Bogdan in California.
(d) If she is going back to New York.

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

8. 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) They have been given money to open a winery.
(c) The land has been sold out from under them.
(d) Everyone has begun to leave, including Maryna.

9. Which two members of the commune are interested in the new commune north of them?
(a) Ryszard and Jakub.
(b) Danuta and Cyprian.
(c) Julian and Wanda.
(d) Barbara and Alecsander.

10. Who is Miss Collingridge?
(a) Maryna's English coach.
(b) Maryna's best friend.
(c) Maryna's doctor.
(d) Maryna's costume manager.

11. From what Shakespearean play does Maryna quote to Halek?
(a) A Midsummer's Night Dream
(b) As You Like It.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Othello.

12. Where is Julian working while Maryna is in New York?
(a) As an illustrator for The London Times.
(b) As an illustrator for Frank Leslie's Weekly.
(c) As an artist for the Tate.
(d) As an artist for the National Geographic.

13. What two pieces is Maryna performing for the third week of her New York engagement?
(a) Romeo and Juliet, and As You Like It.
(b) Camille and Adrienne.
(c) As You Like It and Adrienne.
(d) Othello and Macbeth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bogdan want Piotr to pursue rather than piano lessons?

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

4. What did Maryna buy for Aniela to wear in the photograph?

5. What does Booth's father do in the wings before going on stage?

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