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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 did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?
(a) Made her sick to her stomach.
(b) Made her laugh.
(c) Made her cry.
(d) Grated on her like chalk screeching on a blackboard.

2. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?
(a) Ann.
(b) Ali.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Kitty.

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

4. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?
(a) The Grid.
(b) America's Tastes.
(c) Polish Immigrants.
(d) The Ebony Tower.

5. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?
(a) Buy liquor.
(b) Run away.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Sneak out to see a boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"

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

4. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?

5. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?

(see the answer key)

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