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

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 cared for her at home.
(b) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(c) He sent her to her mother's.
(d) He carried her on his back to safety.

2. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "I'm the man of the house."
(b) "Your mother just isn't bright."
(c) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."
(d) "I never should have married your mother."

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

4. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?
(a) Bialy Dunajec.
(b) Israel.
(c) Paris.
(d) Baltic Sea.

5. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?
(a) Paris.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) The opera.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?

2. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?

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

4. Who's son was Marek?

5. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?

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