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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 movie star did Pani Dombarska look like when she took a drag on her cigarette?
(a) Betty Grable.
(b) Joanna Woodward.
(c) Rita Hayworth.
(d) Marlene Dietrich.

2. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Scales.
(b) Bach exercises.
(c) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(d) Mozart's music.

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

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

5. What was commonly known about Dr. Orlovski that his wife overlooked?
(a) He spends too much money.
(b) He has a permanent mistress.
(c) He does not smell good.
(d) He is ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?

2. What, according to the author, comes up in American literature more often than anywhere else?

3. What did Eva confide to Mrs. Steiner?

4. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?

5. What did Eva's friends eat as they drank vodka around a table in a Lower East side apartment in New York?

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