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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?
(a) Czerny.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Haydn.
(d) Bach.

2. According to the woman who Eva met in New York who knew her parents before the war, how did Eva's father save Eva's mother after she had a miscarriage?
(a) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(b) He carried her on his back to safety.
(c) He cared for her at home.
(d) He sent her to her mother's.

3. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A porcupine.
(b) A goat.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A shark.

4. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?
(a) Lake Huron.
(b) The Hudson River.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) The St. Lawrence Seaway.

5. Who died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) President DeGaul.
(c) Poland's president, Bierut.
(d) President Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?

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

3. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?

4. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?

5. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?

(see the answer key)

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