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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vancouver's Board of Commerce claimed that Vancouver was the most beautiful city in the world after what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Phoenix.

2. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By ship.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By plane.

3. What did Eva's teacher, Mr. Jones ask her about that only she could answer?
(a) Living in a Communist country.
(b) Having short hair.
(c) Being a piano player.
(d) Being an immigrant.

4. What cartoon did Eva and her mother just not understand?
(a) The Vancouver Gazette cartoon.
(b) The Time Magazine cartoon.
(c) The television cartoons.
(d) The New Yorker cartoon.

5. What language did Eva begin writing in when she began taking writing seriously?
(a) French.
(b) Polish.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

6. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Rice University in Houston, TX.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Chicago School for the Arts.
(d) Yale.

7. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?
(a) The Russian Revolution of 1905.
(b) The War of '68.
(c) WWII.
(d) The Polish uprising.

8. What did Eva's sister do almost the entire trip from Montreal to Vancouver?
(a) Slept.
(b) Giggled nervously.
(c) Ran around and played.
(d) Ate.

9. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(b) 1785 Pioneer Street.
(c) 4848 Circle Drive.
(d) 1785 Granville Street.

10. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"
(a) That you would not be able to buy a house.
(b) That you would not be able to buy a car.
(c) That you would become too "American."
(d) That you'd be broke and live in The Bowery.

11. After Eva's parents worked their business out of their basement, where did they move the business?
(a) They rented a store.
(b) They bought a store.
(c) They sold out of their truck.
(d) The moved the business upstairs.

12. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?
(a) Made her cry.
(b) Made her laugh.
(c) Grated on her like chalk screeching on a blackboard.
(d) Made her sick to her stomach.

13. What did Eva's mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?
(a) To get a picture.
(b) To step on the right foot for luck.
(c) To jump onto their new home soil.
(d) To gather dirt in their hands and keep it in a jar.

14. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?
(a) One language.
(b) Eight languages.
(c) Five languages.
(d) Nine languages.

15. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Kittenish.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?

2. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?

3. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

4. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

5. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?

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