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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eva and Alina arrived at school, what was the first English word that they understood?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Shut up or shuddup.
(d) Candy.

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

3. Who's son was Marek?
(a) Ciocia Bronia.
(b) Pani Ruta's.
(c) Rubinstein's.
(d) Pani Grodzinska.

4. Where did Eva teach literature in New England?
(a) Yale.
(b) New York City College.
(c) The University of New Hampshire.
(d) Boston University.

5. When Eva returns home to Vancouver for her first summer vacation, where do her parents arrange a job for her?
(a) A carhop.
(b) A dry cleaning establishment.
(c) A receptionist.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Danuta's husband?

3. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?

4. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?

5. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?

(see the answer key)

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