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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the group decide in their commune meeting in May?
2. Where do Jackob and Ryszard sleep their first night on the commune?
3. Where does Maryna stay in San Francisco?
4. What two pieces is Maryna performing for the third week of her New York engagement?
5. What happens to Edwin Booth at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Ryszard write based on the events at the circus? What is his purpose for writing his story?
2. Edwin Booth talks about his father and his brother, John Booth. What does he reveal about these two important figures in his life?
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. 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?
5. When Wanda attempts suicide, how do the members of the commune react to her attempt?
6. During his monologue, Edwin tells Marina why he suffers. What explanations does he give for his suffering? Would he rather not suffer?
7. 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?
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. 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?
10. What does Julian's wife, Wanda, do when she arrives on their land? How is this typical of the character as she is portrayed by the narrator?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Bogdan and Maryna go to say farewell to Bogdan's grandmother the Countess, she gives them this piece of advice: "don't invent too many reasons for what you have decided to do!" Have Bogdan and Maryna invented many reasons? What are they? Why are they going to America?
Essay Topic 2
Chapter One reveals a great deal about Maryna and the people who surround her. In this chapter, we get a clearer picture of the people Maryna surrounds herself with and how she thinks of those people. Why does Maryna want people to uproot themselves and their families and leave Krakow? How does she see the people who surround her? Why does she feel certain these people will follow her?
Essay Topic 3
As they are readying to go to California to look for a new home for themselves and their friends, Ryszard says to Julian "America has its America, its better destination where everyone dreams of going." Discuss this theme in two contexts: America as it is seen by foreign immigrants, and America as it is seen by Americans.
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