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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 saw Maria's daughter, Tony, dance and told her she was a good dancer?
(a) Rita Hayworth.
(b) Greta Garbow.
(c) Paul Newman.
(d) Joanne Woodward.

2. What was Vancouver's shopping mecca?
(a) The outlet mall.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) Crest Bay.
(d) Hudson Bay.

3. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?
(a) Her mother thought she was on T.V.
(b) Her family didn't own a radio.
(c) She didn't know how to find the radio station.
(d) She didn't understand that she was on the radio.

4. What did the girls wear at Rice University according to the author?
(a) Slacks with boots.
(b) Tartan skirts and bobby socks.
(c) Slacks tapered at the ankle.
(d) Jeans and white shirts with Peter Pan collars.

5. When Eva's parents used the word "psychological," what was it suggesting?
(a) Well-balanced.
(b) Something weird, verging on crazy.
(c) Shrink.
(d) Troubled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?

2. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?

3. Who was Eva's mother's best friend?

4. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?

5. What did Theodor Adorno do for a living?

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