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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. According to the woman who Eva met in New York who knew her parents before the war, how did Eva's father save Eva's mother after she had a miscarriage?
(a) He sent her to her mother's.
(b) He carried her on his back to safety.
(c) He cared for her at home.
(d) He transported her on a motorcycle.

2. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?
(a) The problems with their mom and dad.
(b) Boys.
(c) Other Jewish families in Vancouver.
(d) Tupperware or a blouse or an embroidered collar -- things in the store windows.

3. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Kittenish.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Shy.
(d) Stupid.

4. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?
(a) Mrs. Berg.
(b) Mrs. Rubenstein.
(c) Mrs. Steiner.
(d) Her mother.

5. As an incompletely assimilated immigrant, what was Eva always confronting?
(a) Dog day afternoon.
(b) Weather.
(c) Culture.
(d) The Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls wear at Rice University according to the author?

2. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?

3. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?

4. Who was Eva's sister named after?

5. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?

(see the answer key)

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