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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) "Your mother just isn't bright."
(b) "I never should have married your mother."
(c) "I'm the man of the house."
(d) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."

2. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?
(a) Every Friday evening.
(b) Once a year on the High Holidays.
(c) Four times a year on Holidays.
(d) Every Saturday.

3. Who asked Eva to dance on board the ship coming to Canada?
(a) The captain.
(b) Her father.
(c) Janek.
(d) Marek.

4. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?
(a) An overdress made from navy blue fabric.
(b) A skirt and white top.
(c) Jeans and a blue top.
(d) Pants and a white blouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was commonly known about Dr. Orlovski that his wife overlooked?

2. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?

3. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?

4. Where did Eva's father hide his foreign currency?

5. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. For Eva's parents, what extra meaning did her birth have?

2. What, according to the author, was middle class in the Poland of her childhood?

3. What did Eva feel that she was being exiled from as she left Poland?

4. Why did Eva consider the landing of the Batory the end of the narrative of her childhood?

5. How did Eva feel about national pride?

6. How did Pani Ruta live during the war and why was her family untouched by what was happening to the Jews?

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

8. How did the author describe illness in Poland and illness in Canada? What were the differences between how children were treated when they had a cold or the flu in the two countries?

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

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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