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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. Who did Eva's friend Janice follow around the world to see perform?
(a) Dubai.
(b) The Rolling Stones.
(c) Sviatoslav Richter.
(d) The Beatles.

2. What, according to the author, comes up in American literature more often than anywhere else?
(a) The subject of sex.
(b) The subject of alienation.
(c) The subject of women.
(d) The subject of work.

3. What kind of buildings were on the Rice University Campus?
(a) Wooden buildings.
(b) Adobe buildings.
(c) Concrete buildings.
(d) Federal brick buildings.

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

5. How long did Mr. Ostropov's lessons run?
(a) Sometimes up to 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour on the dot.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 1 hour and 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"

2. Who's son was Marek?

3. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?

4. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?

5. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?

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