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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 father use as a means of transportation in Poland?
(a) A car.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A motorcycle.

2. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?
(a) Eva's mother.
(b) Marek's mother.
(c) Pani Grodzinska.
(d) Pani Ruta.

3. Why was Alinka receiving more of a Jewish education in Canada than Eva?
(a) Eva and Alinka's parents were now practicing Jews.
(b) Alinka attended a Hebrew school.
(c) All Alinda's friends were Jewish.
(d) Alinka went to synagogue every Saturday.

4. What did Eva's mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?
(a) To jump onto their new home soil.
(b) To step on the right foot for luck.
(c) To get a picture.
(d) To gather dirt in their hands and keep it in a jar.

5. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?
(a) Krakow.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Gdynia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"

2. Just before leaving for college, how did Eva describe herself?

3. What was the exclusive discotheque in the downtown area of New York when Eva lived there?

4. What Peter Schneider novel told the story of a West German narrator who had an East German girlfriend named Lena?

5. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?

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