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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

4. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?

5. What did Eva's teacher, Mr. Jones ask her about that only she could answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?

2. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

3. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

4. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

5. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

6. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

7. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?

8. Why did Eva's father struggle so much once the family was living in Canada?

9. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

10. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?

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