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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. Who refused to leave the ship and meet her new husband when the ship reached Canada?
(a) Pani Ruta.
(b) Alenka.
(c) Irena.
(d) Eva.

2. What did Danuta ask Eva to send her from America?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Bayer aspirin.
(d) Sugar.

3. Just before leaving for college, how did Eva describe herself?
(a) Lost between two languages.
(b) Like a lost soul.
(c) Lost between two worlds.
(d) Like a mosaic made of up fragments, but still an immigrant.

4. How much younger was Eva's sister than her?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 16 months.
(d) 1 year.

5. What did Eva drive when she went to teach in New England?
(a) A white Chevrolet.
(b) A green Pontiac.
(c) A blue Ford.
(d) An orange VW.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?

2. In the last paragraph of the book, what was Miriam teaching Eva?

3. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?

4. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?

5. What, according to Eva's friends, had coming to America's eastern shore done for Eva?

(see the answer key)

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