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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bogdan contemplate his entire life being?
(a) Endless suffering.
(b) Worthwhile.
(c) The Truth.
(d) A lie.

2. What does Ryszard find when he goes below to the steerage portion of the ship?
(a) Dinner being served in the dining hall.
(b) A smoking room filled with men.
(c) Foreigners preparing to eat dinner.
(d) Overcrowding and wretched conditions.

3. What book does the young woman from Philadelphia show Ryszard?
(a) Her baby book.
(b) Her copy of David Copperfield.
(c) Her autograph book.
(d) Her bible.

4. What year do the characters leave for Zakopane?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1899.

5. What book does Julian bring with to read aboard the ship?
(a) Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
(c) Charles Dickens' Bleak House.
(d) Tocqueville's Democracy in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men purchase in the village before leaving Zakopane?

2. How many guests have attended Maryna's celebration party?

3. What happens on the ship to draw Maryna's attention away from her introspection?

4. What does Wanda do while the others are touring the land?

5. What does the little boy ask for when dinner is served?

(see the answer key)

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