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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Grodzinska brothers.
(c) Sullivan brothers.
(d) Marek brothers.

3. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Law.

4. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?
(a) On a motorcycle.
(b) In a car.
(c) On a toboggan.
(d) On a bicycle.

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

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

7. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"
(a) Polot.
(b) Polish.
(c) Panash.
(d) Peuchet.

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

9. How did Krysia describe her friendship to Eva in a poem?
(a) Like a weeping willow.
(b) Like a coy pond.
(c) Like a mountain.
(d) Like a cold running river.

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

11. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?
(a) Paris.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) The library.
(d) The opera.

12. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?
(a) Canada, the Land of Immigration.
(b) Canada Fragrant with Resin.
(c) Oh Canada!
(d) How to Emigate to the Americas.

13. 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 went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.
(d) She lives with a teacher from school.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?

3. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?

4. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?

5. Who asked Eva to dance on board the ship coming to Canada?

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