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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?
(a) Gold.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

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

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

5. 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 Marek and his family.
(d) With her aunt.

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

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

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

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

10. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?
(a) Languages.
(b) The piano.
(c) "Feminine" pursuits, such as cooking and sewing.
(d) Vacation planning.

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

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

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

14. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?
(a) Paris.
(b) Israel.
(c) Baltic Sea.
(d) Bialy Dunajec.

15. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?
(a) Haydn.
(b) Czerny.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?

4. How did Krysia describe her friendship to Eva in a poem?

5. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?

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