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

2. What name has Piotr been given in school?
(a) Small boy.
(b) Pole.
(c) Peter.
(d) Payter.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is planted as the major crop on the land the immigrants have rented for their commune?

2. How do the playbills for Maryna's New York debut read?

3. Who does Maryna finally get to perform with on stage?

4. What are the two seasons Maryna identifies in California?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. In Chapter Eight, Bogdan explains to Maryna he saw a flying machine on the beach in California. Who is with Bogdan when he sees the plane? Who owns the plane? What does it look like? What is the significance of Bogdan's interest in a flying machine?

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

6. Mr. Warnock uses a devise by which he fills the theatre. What does he do, and why? How does Maryna react to it? Does it work?

7. Edwin Booth talks about his father and his brother, John Booth. What does he reveal about these two important figures in his life?

8. In Chapter Seven, Bogdan injures himself and cannot come to San Francisco. What happens between Ryszard and Maryna? How do they change? What happens to their relationship by the end of the chapter?

9. When Wanda attempts suicide, how do the members of the commune react to her attempt?

10. In Chapter Seven, the narrator says "and she would tell many lies." Why does Maryna begin to tell lies? What does she lie about? What are some of the lies she tells and to whom?

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