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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) Jewelry.
(c) Silverware.
(d) Gold.

2. 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 Polish National Anthem.
(c) The Canadian National Anthem.
(d) Goodbye, My Sweet.

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

4. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?
(a) The St. Lawrence Seaway.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) Lake Huron.

5. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?
(a) Gdynia.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Krakow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of facade did the synagogue in Poland have?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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