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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who refused to leave the ship and meet her new husband when the ship reached Canada?
(a) Pani Ruta.
(b) Eva.
(c) Irena.
(d) Alenka.

3. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) New York.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Halifax.

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

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

6. What was a familiar arch in Cracow which functioned as a gateway to the old city?
(a) Cracow Gate.
(b) Florianska Gate.
(c) Entrance Gate.
(d) Banieczki Gate.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1935.

13. When Eva's mother became ill and had to go to a sanatorium, where did Eva go to stay?
(a) With her aunt.
(b) With Marek and his family.
(c) With her sister.
(d) To an orphanage.

14. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?
(a) Every Saturday.
(b) Once a year on the High Holidays.
(c) Every Friday evening.
(d) Four times a year on Holidays.

15. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?
(a) She went to a private establishment run by a governess and gets treated badly.
(b) She lives with a teacher from school.
(c) She lives with Pani Ruta.
(d) She stays home with a maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?

2. Where did Eva and her family go on an autumn afternoon in 1958?

3. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?

4. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?

5. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?

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