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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two seasons Maryna identifies in California?
(a) Summer and a long colorful fall.
(b) A hot dry summer and a spring called winter.
(c) A wet summer and a dry winter.
(d) A long summer and a long cold winter.

2. What name has Piotr been given in school?
(a) Payter.
(b) Pole.
(c) Peter.
(d) Small boy.

3. What does Booth object to in Maryna's performance the same evening?
(a) She missed a cue.
(b) She touches him on the shoulder.
(c) She forgot her lines.
(d) Her hair is a mess.

4. What does Piotr declare he is thankful for on Thanksgiving?
(a) Growing taller.
(b) Coming to America.
(c) Living in California.
(d) Going to school.

5. After telling him of the terrible travel conditions she and her family have endured on the tour, what does Maryna promise Warnock?
(a) I am leaving the stage.
(b) I need a rest.
(c) I am firing you.
(d) It will not be like this again.

6. Who is Angus Barton?
(a) The manager of the Imperial Theatre.
(b) A fellow actor.
(c) The manager of the California Theatre.
(d) The manager of the San Francisco Grand Theatre.

7. Where does Maryna stay in San Francisco?
(a) With relatives from Krakow.
(b) At the theatre.
(c) With Capt. and Mrs. Znaniecki.
(d) With Ryszard in a hotel.

8. Who becomes Maryna's manager?
(a) Henry Warnack.
(b) Henry Zakolow.
(c) Henryk Zabacob.
(d) Oskar Julius.

9. How does Mr. Barton respond to Maryna's audition?
(a) He offers her as many weeks on the stage as she would like.
(b) He applauds and tells her he will get back to her.
(c) He leaves the theatre and says nothing.
(d) He tells her goodbye.

10. To where does Maryna travel for her first performances outside of San Francisco?
(a) Virginia City, Nevada.
(b) Kansas City, Kansas.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Salt Lake City, Utah.

11. To what does Barton change Maryna's name?
(a) Marina Zalens.
(b) Maria Zelenskow.
(c) Maria Zalowska.
(d) Marina Zalenska.

12. When did Maryna first see Booth on stage?
(a) When she was three.
(b) Thirteen years earlier.
(c) When she was thirty five.
(d) Two years earlier.

13. What lesson does Bogdan admit to learning from running the commune?
(a) He is not a good father.
(b) He is not an inventor.
(c) He is not a farmer.
(d) He is not a businessman.

14. How does Edwin Booth's father die?
(a) He falls off a tall building.
(b) He falls off Germania on his way to Europe.
(c) He falls off a cliff in Switzerland.
(d) He falls off a riverboat between New Orleans and Cincinnati.

15. Who are the three people Maryna thinks about contacting while she is listening to Mr. Barton?
(a) Bogdan, Piotr, Aniela.
(b) Henryk, Bogdan, Ryszard.
(c) Piotr, Ryszard, Bogdan
(d) Julian, Wanda, Ryszard,

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maryna burn her hand?

2. Which roles does Edwin Booth enjoy playing the most?

3. Who does Cyprian introduce to Bogdan?

4. What is the name of the new eau de cologne in New York?

5. What is Bogdan's new name?

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