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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) Her mother's sister.
(b) A maid.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) A relative in Israel.

2. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?
(a) Pani Grodzinska.
(b) Pani Ruta.
(c) Eva's mother.
(d) Marek's mother.

3. What did the brass band play as the ship left the harbor when Eva's family sailed for Canada?
(a) Mulberry's Dance.
(b) The Canadian National Anthem.
(c) The Polish National Anthem.
(d) Goodbye, My Sweet.

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

5. 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 went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.
(d) She lives with Pani Ruta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?

2. Who owns the houses in the locations where Eva's family vacations when she is young in Poland?

3. Who asked Eva to dance on board the ship coming to Canada?

4. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?

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

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