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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?
(a) Colgate.
(b) Acme.
(c) Arm and Hammer.
(d) Crest.

2. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?
(a) Mrs. Rubenstein.
(b) Mrs. Berg.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mrs. Steiner.

3. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?
(a) Polish Immigrants.
(b) America's Tastes.
(c) The Ebony Tower.
(d) The Grid.

4. When Eva went out with her new friends in Canada, what was the boy wearing who teased Eva and called her a "foreign student?"
(a) Tennis shoes.
(b) A flowery Hawaiian shirt and a crew cut.
(c) Jeans and a blue jean jacket.
(d) A suite without a tie.

5. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Plastic.

6. What was Vancouver's shopping mecca?
(a) Crest Bay.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) The outlet mall.
(d) Hudson Bay.

7. Why was Alinka receiving more of a Jewish education in Canada than Eva?
(a) Alinka attended a Hebrew school.
(b) All Alinda's friends were Jewish.
(c) Eva and Alinka's parents were now practicing Jews.
(d) Alinka went to synagogue every Saturday.

8. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?
(a) She didn't know how to find the radio station.
(b) Her mother thought she was on T.V.
(c) She didn't understand that she was on the radio.
(d) Her family didn't own a radio.

9. Vancouver's Board of Commerce claimed that Vancouver was the most beautiful city in the world after what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Paris.

10. What did Eva's teacher, Mr. Jones ask her about that only she could answer?
(a) Having short hair.
(b) Living in a Communist country.
(c) Being an immigrant.
(d) Being a piano player.

11. Who were the favorite singers among Eva's parent's friends in Canada?
(a) Nat King Cole.
(b) Bing Crosby.
(c) Andrews Sisters and Dinah Shore.
(d) Perry Como.

12. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?
(a) The problems with their mom and dad.
(b) Boys.
(c) Other Jewish families in Vancouver.
(d) Tupperware or a blouse or an embroidered collar -- things in the store windows.

13. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?
(a) He ran an antique store for fine antiques.
(b) He collected and sold junk.
(c) He worked for a construction company.
(d) He ran a diner.

14. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?
(a) Five languages.
(b) Eight languages.
(c) Nine languages.
(d) One language.

15. What cartoon did Eva and her mother just not understand?
(a) The New Yorker cartoon.
(b) The television cartoons.
(c) The Vancouver Gazette cartoon.
(d) The Time Magazine cartoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?

2. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"

3. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?

4. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"

5. After Eva's parents worked their business out of their basement, where did they move the business?

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