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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Mrs. Rubenstein.
(c) Mrs. Berg.
(d) Mrs. Steiner.

2. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(b) Mozart's music.
(c) Bach exercises.
(d) Scales.

3. Where did Eva and her family go on an autumn afternoon in 1958?
(a) To the Bergs' house.
(b) To their favorite park.
(c) To a demonstration.
(d) To a car dealership.

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

5. According to the woman who Eva met in New York who knew her parents before the war, how did Eva's father save Eva's mother after she had a miscarriage?
(a) He carried her on his back to safety.
(b) He cared for her at home.
(c) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(d) He sent her to her mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

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

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

4. What was the Canadian version of McDonald's?

5. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"

(see the answer key)

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