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

2. What did the girls wear at Rice University according to the author?
(a) Slacks with boots.
(b) Slacks tapered at the ankle.
(c) Tartan skirts and bobby socks.
(d) Jeans and white shirts with Peter Pan collars.

3. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?
(a) Urzednicza.
(b) Krysia.
(c) Czajkowskis.
(d) Kazimierza Wielkiego.

4. When Eva's parents used the word "psychological," what was it suggesting?
(a) Shrink.
(b) Well-balanced.
(c) Troubled.
(d) Something weird, verging on crazy.

5. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?
(a) Mother May I?
(b) Spin the Bottle.
(c) Ring Around the Rosie.
(d) Truth or Dare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

3. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?

4. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?

5. 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?

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