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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 are Eva and Alinka dressed in when they arrive in Vancouver?
(a) Identical navy blue dresses with sailor collars.
(b) Jeans and white shirts.
(c) Flower dresses and matching socks.
(d) Their pajamas.

2. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) An actress.
(b) A mother.
(c) A writer.
(d) An engineer.

3. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By car.
(b) By ship.
(c) By train.
(d) By plane.

4. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?
(a) A dark forest with a narrow path.
(b) A beautiful beach.
(c) A sunlit street.
(d) Poland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?

2. When Eva's mother became ill and had to go to a sanatorium, where did Eva go to stay?

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

4. Why was Alinka receiving more of a Jewish education in Canada than Eva?

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

(see the answer key)

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