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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?
(a) Wydra brothers.
(b) Sullivan brothers.
(c) Marek brothers.
(d) Grodzinska brothers.

3. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?
(a) In "sports outfits" meaning shorts or long pants.
(b) In clothes that are too large.
(c) In colorful clothes.
(d) In fancy dresses.

4. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?
(a) Kazimierza Wielkiego.
(b) Urzednicza.
(c) Krysia.
(d) Czajkowskis.

5. What did the brass band play as the ship left the harbor when Eva's family sailed for Canada?
(a) The Canadian National Anthem.
(b) Mulberry's Dance.
(c) Goodbye, My Sweet.
(d) The Polish National Anthem.

6. 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 carried her on his back to safety.
(b) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(c) He sent her to her mother's.
(d) He cared for her at home.

7. Who's son was Marek?
(a) Pani Ruta's.
(b) Pani Grodzinska.
(c) Rubinstein's.
(d) Ciocia Bronia.

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

9. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?
(a) Gorbchev.
(b) Princess Grace.
(c) Helen Keller.
(d) President Reagan.

10. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?
(a) The Batory.
(b) The Lusitania.
(c) Oh Canada!
(d) The Titanic.

11. How much younger was Eva's sister than her?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 16 months.

12. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A maid.
(b) A car.
(c) A vacuum.
(d) A husband.

13. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?
(a) Pants and a white blouse.
(b) A skirt and white top.
(c) An overdress made from navy blue fabric.
(d) Jeans and a blue top.

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

15. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) An engineer.
(b) An actress.
(c) A writer.
(d) A mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who, at home, infused Eva and her sister with Christian teachings?

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

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

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

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