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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?
(a) 22 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 19 years old.

2. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
(a) People several generations older than her.
(b) Dogs, not people.
(c) People her own age.
(d) Her father's friends.

3. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"
(a) Peuchet.
(b) Polot.
(c) Panash.
(d) Polish.

4. On Eva's voyage of self-improvement, what two historical figures did she want to follow?
(a) Ben Franklin and Thomas Wolfe.
(b) Pocahontas and Captain Smith.
(c) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.
(d) Lewis and Clark.

5. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Raw meat.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?

3. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?

4. What was the name of the drink made for Eva by her mother when she was sick?

5. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?

(see the answer key)

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