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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much younger was Eva's sister than her?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?
(a) Pants and a white blouse.
(b) An overdress made from navy blue fabric.
(c) A skirt and white top.
(d) Jeans and a blue top.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who was Eva's mother's best friend?
(a) Pani Judith.
(b) Pani Ruta.
(c) Pani Clois.
(d) Pani Ovantrain.

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

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

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

13. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) A relative in Israel.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother's sister.
(d) A maid.

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

15. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Paris.
(c) The library.
(d) The opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?

2. According to the woman who Eva met in New York who knew her parents before the war, how did Eva's father save Eva's mother after she had a miscarriage?

3. What was another word for "cuppings?"

4. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

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

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