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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?
(a) A work.
(b) At a dinner party.
(c) In Times Square.
(d) In the Union Square cafeteria.

2. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 4848 Circle Drive.
(b) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(c) 1785 Granville Street.
(d) 1785 Pioneer Street.

3. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "I never should have married your mother."
(b) "I'm the man of the house."
(c) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."
(d) "Your mother just isn't bright."

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

5. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?
(a) The maid's room.
(b) Eva's sisters room.
(c) A bedroom for Eva's parents.
(d) A bedroom for Eva and her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?

2. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?

3. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?

4. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?

5. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

(see the answer key)

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