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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, 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.

2. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?
(a) The harbor.
(b) At the edge of the city.
(c) On Harbor Rd.
(d) On top of the mountain.

3. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?
(a) She stays home with a maid.
(b) She lives with a teacher from school.
(c) She lives with Pani Ruta.
(d) She went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.

4. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?
(a) Languages.
(b) Vacation planning.
(c) The piano.
(d) "Feminine" pursuits, such as cooking and sewing.

5. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?
(a) They had a maid's room.
(b) They had a 4th room.
(c) They had a separate kitchen.
(d) They had a "little salon."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was commonly known about Dr. Orlovski that his wife overlooked?

2. What was another word for "cuppings?"

3. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?

4. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?

5. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

(see the answer key)

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