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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car did Eva's father drive that is the only car he ever bought in Canada?
(a) A Chevy.
(b) A Buick.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Polish Fiat.

2. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Bossy.
(b) Kittenish.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Shy.

3. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?
(a) By the ocean.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In the back yard of their home.
(d) In front of a museum.

4. What Peter Schneider novel told the story of a West German narrator who had an East German girlfriend named Lena?
(a) Germany Divided.
(b) The Wall.
(c) Across Twin Countries.
(d) The Wall Jumper.

5. What was Vancouver's shopping mecca?
(a) Hudson Bay.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) The outlet mall.
(d) Crest Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?

2. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?

3. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?

4. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

5. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?

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