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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. When Eva and Alina arrived at school, what was the first English word that they understood?
(a) Yes.
(b) Shut up or shuddup.
(c) Candy.
(d) No.

2. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?
(a) Sullivan brothers.
(b) Wydra brothers.
(c) Marek brothers.
(d) Grodzinska brothers.

3. What makes Maria's daughter Tony so pretty?
(a) She was part Indian in her features.
(b) She had long legs and was tall.
(c) She had blue eyes, but dark skin.
(d) She was a beautiful dancer.

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

5. What was another word for "cuppings?"
(a) Banieczki.
(b) Txialosky.
(c) Czerney.
(d) Kogelmogel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?

2. Who, at home, infused Eva and her sister with Christian teachings?

3. When Eva attended college, what was the English Department firmly in the grip of that suited Eva perfectly?

4. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?

5. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"

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