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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?
(a) He built houses and made a great living.
(b) He produced Polish pickles and made a fortune.
(c) He went to work in a restaurant and worked his way up from dishwasher.
(d) He sold all his possessions and bought a lumber yard.

3. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?
(a) She stays home with a maid.
(b) She lives with a teacher from school.
(c) She lives with Pani Ruta.
(d) She went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.

4. When Eva returns home to Vancouver for her first summer vacation, where do her parents arrange a job for her?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A dry cleaning establishment.
(c) A carhop.
(d) A receptionist.

5. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?
(a) How to Emigate to the Americas.
(b) Canada, the Land of Immigration.
(c) Canada Fragrant with Resin.
(d) Oh Canada!

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?

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

3. What parable about a tomato did Eva's friends use as a persuasive argument?

4. After traveling to America, what did Eva declare was the capitol of the United States?

5. Who were the favorite singers among Eva's parent's friends in Canada?

(see the answer key)

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