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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?
(a) In clothes that are too large.
(b) In colorful clothes.
(c) In fancy dresses.
(d) In "sports outfits" meaning shorts or long pants.

2. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?
(a) She lives with a teacher from school.
(b) She stays home with a maid.
(c) She went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.
(d) She lives with Pani Ruta.

3. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?
(a) Halifax.
(b) New York.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Montreal.

4. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?
(a) Haydn.
(b) Czerny.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Bach.

5. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?
(a) Languages.
(b) Vacation planning.
(c) "Feminine" pursuits, such as cooking and sewing.
(d) The piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?

2. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?

3. Where did Eva's father hide his foreign currency?

4. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?

5. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?

(see the answer key)

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