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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. What kind of food did Eva and her friends eat when they arrived at Lincoln?
(a) Bread and wine only.
(b) Delicious concoctions made out of the Julia Child cookbook.
(c) Cheeses from different countries.
(d) Sandwiches.

2. Who saw Maria's daughter, Tony, dance and told her she was a good dancer?
(a) Greta Garbow.
(b) Rita Hayworth.
(c) Joanne Woodward.
(d) Paul Newman.

3. Where was Eva's friend Miriam from?
(a) Wichita.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Kansas City.

4. What, according to Eva's friends, had coming to America's eastern shore done for Eva?
(a) She landed in the "real America."
(b) Broadened her ideas about politics.
(c) She was in love with the Atlantic Ocean.
(d) She understood America because she understood New York.

5. When Eva arrived in Cracow, how did she find her old friends?
(a) The phone book.
(b) She walked the streets.
(c) She found them in a coffee shop.
(d) She went to their houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, had her generation been characterized by?

2. Where did Eva teach literature in New England?

3. What did Eva's mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?

4. Who was Eva's sister named after?

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

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