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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?
(a) Gorbchev.
(b) President Reagan.
(c) Helen Keller.
(d) Princess Grace.

3. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A maid.
(b) A car.
(c) A vacuum.
(d) A husband.

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

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

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

7. Who asked Eva to dance on board the ship coming to Canada?
(a) The captain.
(b) Janek.
(c) Marek.
(d) Her father.

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

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

10. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?
(a) A work.
(b) In Times Square.
(c) At a dinner party.
(d) In the Union Square cafeteria.

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

12. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?
(a) In colorful clothes.
(b) In "sports outfits" meaning shorts or long pants.
(c) In fancy dresses.
(d) In clothes that are too large.

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

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

15. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?

2. What Polish word was the best compliment that a school exercise could receive and means "dash, inspiration and flying?"

3. 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?

4. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?

5. What ship did Eva and her family sail on to Canada?

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