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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "I never should have married your mother."
(b) "I'm the man of the house."
(c) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."
(d) "Your mother just isn't bright."

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

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

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

5. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) An actress.
(b) A writer.
(c) A mother.
(d) An engineer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?

3. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?

4. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?

5. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference between the books that Eva choose from the library and books she had to read in school in Poland?

2. What changed in the friendship with Basia after she returned from the camp for young communists?

3. What was an apparatchik in Poland and who, according to Eva, was one? What did they do? What was their function in the political landscape?

4. Why did Eva's parents go to synagogue and practice religion?

5. How did Eva's mother view the idea of being lazy for women?

6. How did Eva feel about national pride?

7. What, according to Eva, threw an "odd light" on Pani Orlovska?

8. How was life on the ship to Canada like a family?

9. What was a sanatorium and why did Eva's mother have to go to a sanatorium for a while?

10. What was Eva's education like in Poland? Do you think she was getting two different educations? How did the teachers help the students understand what was important?

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