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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'd be broke and live in The Bowery.
(b) That you would become too "American."
(c) That you would not be able to buy a house.
(d) That you would not be able to buy a car.

2. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?
(a) The Titanic.
(b) Oh Canada!
(c) The Lusitania.
(d) The Batory.

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

4. How long did Mr. Ostropov's lessons run?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) Sometimes up to 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour on the dot.
(d) 1 hour and 1/2.

5. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?

2. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?

3. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?

4. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?

5. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?

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