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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By plane.
(b) By train.
(c) By ship.
(d) By car.

2. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.
(b) She was becoming "cold."
(c) She wanted to go to school in America.
(d) She was learning the language too quickly.

3. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?
(a) His mother.
(b) His boss.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

4. 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 produced Polish pickles and made a fortune.
(b) He sold all his possessions and bought a lumber yard.
(c) He went to work in a restaurant and worked his way up from dishwasher.
(d) He built houses and made a great living.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?

3. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?

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

5. What did Eva's mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?

(see the answer key)

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