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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Relief.
(d) Realism.

2. How do the children earn their living as they finish school?
(a) Cleaning houses.
(b) Being a servant.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) Taking on boarders.

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?
(a) Country wildflowers.
(b) Books read in isolation.
(c) Special dishes cooked for birthdays.
(d) Carnivals lasting several days.

4. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?
(a) Throw stones at it.
(b) Spit on it.
(c) Salute it.
(d) Kick it.

5. What is one of Manya, Aunt Lucia and Hela's favorite activities?
(a) Telling Polish stories.
(b) Going to Church.
(c) Reading from the Bible.
(d) Buying apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?

2. What is Manya afraid she will never be forgiven for figuring out how to do?

3. Where does this story open?

4. Though their life becomes dull and monotonous, what does this encourage for the family members?

5. Which of the children died from typhus?

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