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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color eyes does Mieczyś have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Hazel.

2. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “The view is obscured by clouds of steam from the locomotive that trail along the platform.”
(b) “Before the droshky moved off, with a sort of mischievous joy she threw it up in the air, letting it fall straight into her mouth.”
(c) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(d) “We are always here.”

3. From which of the following does Lukas come?
(a) Gdynia.
(b) Königsberg.
(c) Brest.
(d) Kaunas.

4. Who provides the epigraph for the novel?
(a) Nadir.
(b) Pessoa.
(c) Zenith.
(d) Arthur.

5. On what street in Lwów had Mieczyś lived with his father?
(a) Easy.
(b) Cłowa.
(c) Czarnecki.
(d) Pańska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mieczyś’s German teacher?

2. Which of the following plays does August quote?

3. How many troops does a cavalry regiment include?

4. What language does Mieczyś favor?

5. From what region had August’s mother come?

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