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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, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A vacuum.
(b) A maid.
(c) A husband.
(d) A car.

2. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1967.

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

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

5. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?

3. What kind of facade did the synagogue in Poland have?

4. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?

5. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"

(see the answer key)

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