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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Eva's father hide his foreign currency?
(a) In a wall closet.
(b) Under a piece of the parquet floor.
(c) In a pipe in the ceiling.
(d) In the stove.

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

3. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) Her mother's sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) A maid.
(d) A relative in Israel.

4. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Money.
(d) Gold.

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) The library.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Paris.
(d) The opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?

2. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?

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

4. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?

5. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?

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