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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, at home, infused Eva and her sister with Christian teachings?
(a) Their mother.
(b) The maids.
(c) Pani Ruta.
(d) Their father.

2. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?
(a) On a bicycle.
(b) On a motorcycle.
(c) In a car.
(d) On a toboggan.

3. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?
(a) A politician.
(b) An actress.
(c) A saint.
(d) A park ranger.

4. Where did Eva's father hide his foreign currency?
(a) Under a piece of the parquet floor.
(b) In a pipe in the ceiling.
(c) In the stove.
(d) In a wall closet.

5. What was the name of the drink made for Eva by her mother when she was sick?
(a) Zvochial.
(b) Tsialosky.
(c) Czerney.
(d) Kogelmogel.

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

7. How did Krysia describe her friendship to Eva in a poem?
(a) Like a cold running river.
(b) Like a weeping willow.
(c) Like a mountain.
(d) Like a coy pond.

8. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A porcupine.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A shark.
(d) A goat.

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

10. Who died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?
(a) Poland's president, Bierut.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) President Reagan.
(d) President DeGaul.

11. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?
(a) The Lusitania.
(b) Oh Canada!
(c) The Titanic.
(d) The Batory.

12. 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) Wydra brothers.
(b) Marek brothers.
(c) Sullivan brothers.
(d) Grodzinska brothers.

13. Who owns the houses in the locations where Eva's family vacations when she is young in Poland?
(a) A French gentleman.
(b) An Italian couple.
(c) Gorale.
(d) Cherokee.

14. Who's son was Marek?
(a) Pani Grodzinska.
(b) Pani Ruta's.
(c) Ciocia Bronia.
(d) Rubinstein's.

15. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Gold.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?

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

3. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?

4. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?

5. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?

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