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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of healthy dessert does Daunta learn to make and prepare for the immigrants?
(a) Shortcake made with soy
(b) Custard flavored with chocolate.
(c) Custard flavored with strawberry juice.
(d) Cheesecake made with tofu.

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

4. Who becomes Maryna's manager?
(a) Henry Zakolow.
(b) Oskar Julius.
(c) Henryk Zabacob.
(d) Henry Warnack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the theatrical journal in Warsaw?

2. While visiting with Maryna in Poland, what does Henryk say to her?

3. What interruption plagues Maryna in her debut that causes her to toss it out of a window?

4. Who are the three people Maryna thinks about contacting while she is listening to Mr. Barton?

5. What two words make up the name Anaheim?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, Maryna talks about her "newly reconstituted family." Who are the members of the family, and what roles do each of these people play in Maryna's life? What does Maryna declare to Bogdan about her life with this family?

2. Maryna and her family travel back to Poland to see their friends and family. How does the author tell the story of their trip? What comes across in the description of the visit? What important pieces of information are presented?

3. Maryna and her troupe continue their tour across America to packed theatres and adoring audiences. What does Mr Warnock suggest in order to facilitate one night stands across the country? How does this change the tone of her trip across country? What is the name lettered in gold on the car?

4. What does Maryna choose to use as her audition material for Mr. Barton? How does the audition go? How does the author describe Marya's return to the stage? What do we learn about Maryna?

5. Maryna admired Edwin Booth from the time of her childhood. After her performance with him, she joins him in his apartment. What does she learn about Booth in this chapter?

6. How does Maryna define utopia? How does it compare to a marriage in her mind?

7. Ryszard offers to take Bogdan and Maryna on a trip to San Bernardinos. Does Bogdan go on the trip? How does he feel about Maryna and Ryzsard alone on the trip?

8. Edwin professes to Maryna that there are no happy endings and that an ending is anticlimactic. What does he mean by this?

9. Maryna hires Eliza Withington to take a photograph of the group. Why does she do this? What conversation takes place between Eliza and Maryna after the photo shoot? How does the photo turn out?

10. How does Booth treat Maryna in his monologue? Why does she suffer his verbal abuses?

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