Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?
(a) Law.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Music.
(d) Literature.

3. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?
(a) The maid's room.
(b) A bedroom for Eva's parents.
(c) A bedroom for Eva and her sister.
(d) Eva's sisters room.

4. 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?
(a) He sent her to her mother's.
(b) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(c) He carried her on his back to safety.
(d) He cared for her at home.

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

6. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "Your mother just isn't bright."
(b) "I'm the man of the house."
(c) "I never should have married your mother."
(d) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."

7. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?
(a) Laundry soap.
(b) Dove.
(c) Noxema.
(d) Alcohol.

8. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?
(a) Urzednicza.
(b) Krysia.
(c) Kazimierza Wielkiego.
(d) Czajkowskis.

9. 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) A saint.
(c) A park ranger.
(d) An actress.

10. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

11. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"
(a) Polish.
(b) Peuchet.
(c) Panash.
(d) Polot.

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

13. What kind of facade did the synagogue in Poland have?
(a) English.
(b) Moorish.
(c) Canadian.
(d) American.

14. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?
(a) He wanted to join the military in Isreal.
(b) They must leave for America soon.
(c) He wanted to marry Eva and come to Canada.
(d) That they had to move to Isreal because Eva was supposed to be his wife.

15. What did the brass band play as the ship left the harbor when Eva's family sailed for Canada?
(a) Mulberry's Dance.
(b) The Polish National Anthem.
(c) The Canadian National Anthem.
(d) Goodbye, My Sweet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?

3. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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