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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's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?
(a) The piano.
(b) "Feminine" pursuits, such as cooking and sewing.
(c) Languages.
(d) Vacation planning.

2. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) A writer.
(b) An engineer.
(c) An actress.
(d) A mother.

3. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?
(a) Sullivan brothers.
(b) Grodzinska brothers.
(c) Marek brothers.
(d) Wydra brothers.

4. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?
(a) Baltic Sea.
(b) Israel.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bialy Dunajec.

5. What was a familiar arch in Cracow which functioned as a gateway to the old city?
(a) Banieczki Gate.
(b) Entrance Gate.
(c) Cracow Gate.
(d) Florianska Gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?

2. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?

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

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

5. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?

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