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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. Who is assigned to drive a truck with the bodies of those killed in the gas chambers?

2. At the fourth castle he visits, with whom does Feliks fall in love?

3. Who suggests that the person who may be declared an enemy of the state should get married?

4. Who is the guest from Vienna that visits the fourth castle while Feliks is there?

5. What war has just ended when Poland is reunited?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Szymon's life in his first concentration camp.

2. Explain how Jadwiga Buk dies.

3. Explain the situation in which Count Andrzej Lubonski challenges someone to a duel during his visit to Vienna in 1895?

4. Who is Count Andrzej Lubonski and what is the purpose of his visit to Vienna in 1895?

5. What becomes of Jan when the Stork Commandos return to their villages?

6. What name does Szymon use when he joins Jan's Stork Commandos? What does Szymon do when the Russians begin the liberation of Poland?

7. What two things make Jan Buk reconsider his support for the Russians in World War II?

8. What is the unusual situation with Janko Buk and the woman he courts while stationed in Bukowo?

9. Who is Szymon Bukowski? Who are his parents?

10. For what two reasons do the secret police investigate Wiktor Bukowski?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Does the author use foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not? Define foreshadowing in your essay as well.

Essay Topic 2

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the protagonist in "Poland". Is the protagonist one person, a particular family, or several people in this novel? Explain your reasoning.

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