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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
(a) Money.
(b) Gold.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Silverware.

2. When Eva's mother became ill and had to go to a sanatorium, where did Eva go to stay?
(a) With Marek and his family.
(b) To an orphanage.
(c) With her sister.
(d) With her aunt.

3. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?
(a) Gorbchev.
(b) President Reagan.
(c) Helen Keller.
(d) Princess Grace.

4. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."
(b) "Your mother just isn't bright."
(c) "I'm the man of the house."
(d) "I never should have married your mother."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the brass band play as the ship left the harbor when Eva's family sailed for Canada?

3. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?

4. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?

5. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

(see the answer key)

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