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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?
(a) He worked for a construction company.
(b) He collected and sold junk.
(c) He ran a diner.
(d) He ran an antique store for fine antiques.

2. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?
(a) The Ebony Tower.
(b) Polish Immigrants.
(c) The Grid.
(d) America's Tastes.

3. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?
(a) A diary.
(b) Stationary.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A blank notebook.

4. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?
(a) Very far away.
(b) 100 Miles.
(c) A day away.
(d) Just over the mountains.

5. How long did Mr. Ostropov's lessons run?
(a) 1 hour and 1/2.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 1 hour on the dot.
(d) Sometimes up to 3 hours.

6. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?
(a) On top of the mountain.
(b) On Harbor Rd.
(c) The harbor.
(d) At the edge of the city.

7. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Scales.
(b) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(c) Bach exercises.
(d) Mozart's music.

8. After traveling to America, what did Eva declare was the capitol of the United States?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

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

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

11. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(b) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.
(c) Friends and I Love Lucy.
(d) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.

12. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?
(a) In the back yard of their home.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) By the ocean.
(d) In front of a museum.

13. What are Eva and Alinka dressed in when they arrive in Vancouver?
(a) Their pajamas.
(b) Flower dresses and matching socks.
(c) Jeans and white shirts.
(d) Identical navy blue dresses with sailor collars.

14. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?
(a) Boys.
(b) Other Jewish families in Vancouver.
(c) The problems with their mom and dad.
(d) Tupperware or a blouse or an embroidered collar -- things in the store windows.

15. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?
(a) Spin the Bottle.
(b) Ring Around the Rosie.
(c) Mother May I?
(d) Truth or Dare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"

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

3. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?

4. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?

5. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"

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