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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?
(a) It could be sloppy and still understood.
(b) It was not helpful in communication.
(c) It was a class signifier.
(d) It was only good in Polish.

2. What kind of food did the Wydra's have in their luggage from their trip?
(a) Dried cake, figs and fruit.
(b) Canned sardines, sherry and pickles.
(c) Dried cake, canned sardines, and fruit.
(d) Dried cake, canned sardines and sausage.

3. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Flowers.

4. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?
(a) She didn't understand that she was on the radio.
(b) Her family didn't own a radio.
(c) She didn't know how to find the radio station.
(d) Her mother thought she was on T.V.

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

6. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?
(a) Afford the trip home.
(b) Buy Christmas gifts for her Christian friends.
(c) To buy a car.
(d) To rent an apartment.

7. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Buy liquor.
(c) Sneak out to see a boy.
(d) Run away.

8. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?
(a) His politics.
(b) His wife.
(c) His peace of mind.
(d) His strength.

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

10. What did Mrs. Steiner disapprove of that Eva's father did?
(a) He drank.
(b) He started a junk company.
(c) He quit his job at the lumber mill.
(d) He left his wife.

11. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
(a) Dogs, not people.
(b) People several generations older than her.
(c) Her father's friends.
(d) People her own age.

12. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?
(a) The Berg family.
(b) The Steiner family.
(c) A Synagogue.
(d) The Rosenberg family.

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

14. Who were the favorite singers among Eva's parent's friends in Canada?
(a) Bing Crosby.
(b) Nat King Cole.
(c) Perry Como.
(d) Andrews Sisters and Dinah Shore.

15. Why was Alinka receiving more of a Jewish education in Canada than Eva?
(a) All Alinda's friends were Jewish.
(b) Alinka attended a Hebrew school.
(c) Alinka went to synagogue every Saturday.
(d) Eva and Alinka's parents were now practicing Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cartoon did Eva and her mother just not understand?

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

3. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?

4. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

5. What was the Canadian version of McDonald's?

(see the answer keys)

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