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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 color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Gold.

2. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?
(a) Polish.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) English.

3. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"
(a) That you would become too "American."
(b) That you'd be broke and live in The Bowery.
(c) That you would not be able to buy a car.
(d) That you would not be able to buy a house.

4. When Eva returns home to Vancouver for her first summer vacation, where do her parents arrange a job for her?
(a) A dry cleaning establishment.
(b) A receptionist.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A carhop.

5. Where did Eva teach literature in New England?
(a) Yale.
(b) The University of New Hampshire.
(c) Boston University.
(d) New York City College.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?

2. What, according to Eva's friends, had coming to America's eastern shore done for Eva?

3. What did the brass band play as the ship left the harbor when Eva's family sailed for Canada?

4. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

5. While riding in the car on the way to Lincoln, what did somebody in the front seat begin to sing?

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