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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1967.
2. What kind of uniform did Eva wear to the Cracow Music School?
(a) A skirt and white top.
(b) An overdress made from navy blue fabric.
(c) Pants and a white blouse.
(d) Jeans and a blue top.
3. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 22 years old.
(d) 19 years old.
4. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?
(a) Every Saturday.
(b) Four times a year on Holidays.
(c) Every Friday evening.
(d) Once a year on the High Holidays.
5. Who's son was Marek?
(a) Pani Ruta's.
(b) Pani Grodzinska.
(c) Ciocia Bronia.
(d) Rubinstein's.
6. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A car.
(b) A vacuum.
(c) A husband.
(d) A maid.
7. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?
(a) Gorbchev.
(b) Helen Keller.
(c) Princess Grace.
(d) President Reagan.
8. Who died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?
(a) Poland's president, Bierut.
(b) President Reagan.
(c) President DeGaul.
(d) President Eisenhower.
9. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?
(a) In colorful clothes.
(b) In fancy dresses.
(c) In "sports outfits" meaning shorts or long pants.
(d) In clothes that are too large.
10. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A porcupine.
(b) A shark.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A goat.
11. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?
(a) The Batory.
(b) Oh Canada!
(c) The Lusitania.
(d) The Titanic.
12. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) A relative in Israel.
(c) A maid.
(d) Her mother's sister.
13. 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.
14. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"
(a) Panash.
(b) Peuchet.
(c) Polot.
(d) Polish.
15. What kind of facade did the synagogue in Poland have?
(a) Canadian.
(b) Moorish.
(c) American.
(d) English.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Eva go to Christian church with when she was young?
2. Who was Eva's mother's best friend?
3. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?
4. Where did Eva and her family go on an autumn afternoon in 1958?
5. Which close relative of Eva's mother died during the war in the gas chambers?
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