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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"
(a) That you would not be able to buy a car.
(b) That you would not be able to buy a house.
(c) That you'd be broke and live in The Bowery.
(d) That you would become too "American."

2. What kind of food did the Wydra's have in their luggage from their trip?
(a) Canned sardines, sherry and pickles.
(b) Dried cake, canned sardines, and fruit.
(c) Dried cake, figs and fruit.
(d) Dried cake, canned sardines and sausage.

3. What was another word for "cuppings?"
(a) Czerney.
(b) Kogelmogel.
(c) Txialosky.
(d) Banieczki.

4. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) The St. Lawrence Seaway.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) Lake Huron.

5. What did Eva confide to Mrs. Steiner?
(a) That she didn't like her school.
(b) That bullies beat her up.
(c) That her parents fought and argued.
(d) That they had little money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?

2. Who died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?

3. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

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

5. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?

(see the answer key)

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