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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The St. Lawrence Seaway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. Who did Eva go to Christian church with when she was young?
(a) Her maid.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Danuta.

13. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?
(a) 19 years old.
(b) 22 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

14. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?
(a) On a toboggan.
(b) On a bicycle.
(c) In a car.
(d) On a motorcycle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?

2. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?

3. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?

4. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?

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

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