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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 two words make up the name Anaheim?
(a) The river Santa Ana and the German word for home.
(b) The Saint Ann and the German word for home.
(c) The city Annapolis and the Latin word for man.
(d) The city Santa Barbara and the Latin word for river.

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

3. What is the name of the criminal whose skull Edwin Booth possesses?
(a) Philo Perkins.
(b) Philo Peters.
(c) Randolph Peters.
(d) Perkins Randolph.

4. Which roles does Edwin Booth enjoy playing the most?
(a) Kings.
(b) Villains.
(c) Sage teachers.
(d) Romantic heroes.

5. What does Wanda do while the others are touring the land?
(a) She touches a scorpion.
(b) She tries to get back on the train.
(c) She begins to cook dinner.
(d) She touches a beaver-tail cactus.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what play does Maryna choose a part for her audition?

2. Where is Julian working while Maryna is in New York?

3. What do Maryna and Warnock do to solve the problem?

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

5. Who are Good H and Bad H?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Six, many of the characters take on new names. Who are they and what are their new names? How does Maryna react to this change?

2. In Chapter Seven, Maryna moves to San Francisco to return to the stage. How does she settle into San Francisco? Where does she live first? To where and how does she move? What is her goal?

3. 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?

4. What does Edwin Booth have in his possession named Philo Perkins? What is the story behind Philo Perkins?

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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