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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the drink made for Eva by her mother when she was sick?
(a) Tsialosky.
(b) Czerney.
(c) Zvochial.
(d) Kogelmogel.

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

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

4. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Halifax.
(d) New York.

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

6. 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 boss.
(d) His father.

7. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?
(a) Once a year on the High Holidays.
(b) Four times a year on Holidays.
(c) Every Saturday.
(d) Every Friday evening.

8. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?
(a) Dove.
(b) Noxema.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Laundry soap.

9. Who was Eva's mother's best friend?
(a) Pani Ovantrain.
(b) Pani Judith.
(c) Pani Ruta.
(d) Pani Clois.

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

11. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Boston.
(d) Vancouver.

12. 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) Sullivan brothers.
(b) Grodzinska brothers.
(c) Wydra brothers.
(d) Marek brothers.

13. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?
(a) They must leave for America soon.
(b) He wanted to join the military in Isreal.
(c) He wanted to marry Eva and come to Canada.
(d) That they had to move to Isreal because Eva was supposed to be his wife.

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

15. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?
(a) Krakow.
(b) Gdynia.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

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

3. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?

4. Who was Eva's sister named after?

5. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?

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