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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. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His boss.

2. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?
(a) London Troupe.
(b) Old Vic.
(c) Yale Rep.
(d) A group from Broadway.

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

4. Where did Eva and her family go on an autumn afternoon in 1958?
(a) To a car dealership.
(b) To their favorite park.
(c) To the Bergs' house.
(d) To a demonstration.

5. What two wars did Marek fight in?
(a) The Yom Kippur War and WWII.
(b) The war of '68 and the Yom Kippur War.
(c) WWII and the Korean War.
(d) WWII and the War of '68.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?

2. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?

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

4. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

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

(see the answer key)

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