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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?
(a) A blank notebook.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) Stationary.
(d) A diary.

2. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Chicken.

3. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Chicago School for the Arts.
(d) Rice University in Houston, TX.

4. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?
(a) His peace of mind.
(b) His strength.
(c) His wife.
(d) His politics.

5. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?
(a) Other Jewish families in Vancouver.
(b) Tupperware or a blouse or an embroidered collar -- things in the store windows.
(c) Boys.
(d) The problems with their mom and dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eva and Alinka dressed in when they arrive in Vancouver?

2. 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?

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

4. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?

5. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?

(see the answer key)

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