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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 halogen bulbs.
(b) With neon.
(c) With candlelight.
(d) With gas lights.

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

3. What is the name of the restaurant in which Maryna has lunch after her audition?
(a) Galatoire's.
(b) Delmonico's.
(c) The Fountain.
(d) Antoine's.

4. Who are the three people Maryna thinks about contacting while she is listening to Mr. Barton?
(a) Bogdan, Piotr, Aniela.
(b) Julian, Wanda, Ryszard,
(c) Henryk, Bogdan, Ryszard.
(d) Piotr, Ryszard, Bogdan

5. Who has learned the chemistry of wine making and tries to teach the immigrants?
(a) Jakob.
(b) Ryszard.
(c) Bogdan.
(d) Julian.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose table does Maryna sit at the Polka Saloon?

2. What wakes the commune in the middle of the night in April?

3. What does Halek steal from Piotr?

4. When Bogdan makes his last journal entry in mid-June, what has happened to the commune?

5. What song does Barbara sing all day, the only one she knows in English"

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter Six, the communal group begins to break up. Where do people go? Does anyone join another commune? Do any of the group remain in California?

6. How does Maryna compare her partners on the commune to actors?

7. At the end of Chapter Eight, Maryna and Bogdan have a conversation about their relationship. What has each come to recognize about his and herself and about each other? Does this seem genuine on both of their parts?

8. 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?

9. What is the history of the land on which Maryna and her group settle? What is the primary crop of the land?

10. 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?

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