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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While visiting with Maryna in Poland, what does Henryk say to her?
(a) He is moving to New York.
(b) She should not come back to Poland to visit anymore.
(c) Poland needs her, but she no longer needs Poland.
(d) She is selfish and should leave the stage.

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

3. Where is Julian working while Maryna is in New York?
(a) As an illustrator for Frank Leslie's Weekly.
(b) As an artist for the Tate.
(c) As an illustrator for The London Times.
(d) As an artist for the National Geographic.

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

5. How does Maryna find Eliza Withington?
(a) Ryszard met her in town.
(b) From an ad in the newspaper.
(c) From a neighbor.
(d) Julian met her in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bogdan makes his last journal entry in mid-June, what has happened to the commune?

2. Where do Jackob and Ryszard sleep their first night on the commune?

3. What has plagued the fields of the commune?

4. Which two members of the commune are interested in the new commune north of them?

5. What does Booth's father do in the wings before going on stage?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Eight, Maryna and Bogdan have a conversation about their relationship. What has each come to recognize about his and herself and about each other? Does this seem genuine on both of their parts?

2. In his love letter to Maryna in which he asks her to travel with him, Ryzard refers to Jack Goodyear, a squatter Ryszard has met in the mountains. Jack Goodyear explains to Ryszard that "sometimes it seems to him as though there were two Jacks." What does Goodyear mean by this?

3. In Chapter Six, many of the characters take on new names. Who are they and what are their new names? How does Maryna react to this change?

4. Mr. Warnock uses a devise by which he fills the theatre. What does he do, and why? How does Maryna react to it? Does it work?

5. Maryna hires Eliza Withington to take a photograph of the group. Why does she do this? What conversation takes place between Eliza and Maryna after the photo shoot? How does the photo turn out?

6. What story does Ryszard write based on the events at the circus? What is his purpose for writing his story?

7. During his monologue, Edwin tells Marina why he suffers. What explanations does he give for his suffering? Would he rather not suffer?

8. Edwin professes to Maryna that there are no happy endings and that an ending is anticlimactic. What does he mean by this?

9. How does Booth treat Maryna in his monologue? Why does she suffer his verbal abuses?

10. What is the history of the land on which Maryna and her group settle? What is the primary crop of the land?

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