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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?
(a) They had a 4th room.
(b) They had a maid's room.
(c) They had a separate kitchen.
(d) They had a "little salon."

2. What kind of facade did the synagogue in Poland have?
(a) Moorish.
(b) Canadian.
(c) American.
(d) English.

3. How did Krysia describe her friendship to Eva in a poem?
(a) Like a mountain.
(b) Like a cold running river.
(c) Like a coy pond.
(d) Like a weeping willow.

4. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A shark.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A goat.
(d) A porcupine.

5. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?

2. Who's son was Marek?

3. 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?

4. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?

5. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?

(see the answer key)

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