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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva's friends eat as they drank vodka around a table in a Lower East side apartment in New York?
(a) Smoked eel.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Canned sardines.
(d) Assorted cheeses.

2. What Peter Schneider novel told the story of a West German narrator who had an East German girlfriend named Lena?
(a) Germany Divided.
(b) The Wall Jumper.
(c) Across Twin Countries.
(d) The Wall.

3. When Eva attended college, what was the English Department firmly in the grip of that suited Eva perfectly?
(a) Only teaching American literature.
(b) New Criticism.
(c) European Thought.
(d) New Age.

4. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?
(a) They had a 4th room.
(b) They had a separate kitchen.
(c) They had a "little salon."
(d) They had a maid's room.

5. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A porcupine.
(c) A shark.
(d) A goat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Eva's parents used the word "psychological," what was it suggesting?

3. When Eva decided to go to a shrink, what did she tell her mother?

4. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

5. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?

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