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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
(a) American.
(b) Polish.
(c) Canadian.
(d) Russian.

2. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?
(a) A small "stucco" house.
(b) A large brick house.
(c) A two story lap-board house.
(d) An ocean cottage.

3. How long did Mr. Ostropov's lessons run?
(a) Sometimes up to 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour on the dot.
(c) 1 hour and 1/2.
(d) 30 minutes.

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

5. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.
(b) She was becoming "cold."
(c) She wanted to go to school in America.
(d) She was learning the language too quickly.

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

7. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?
(a) The Berg family.
(b) The Rosenberg family.
(c) A Synagogue.
(d) The Steiner family.

8. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?
(a) The harbor.
(b) At the edge of the city.
(c) On top of the mountain.
(d) On Harbor Rd.

9. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?
(a) His peace of mind.
(b) His politics.
(c) His wife.
(d) His strength.

10. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
(a) Her father's friends.
(b) People her own age.
(c) People several generations older than her.
(d) Dogs, not people.

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

12. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) Friends and I Love Lucy.
(b) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(c) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.
(d) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.

13. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?
(a) Old Vic.
(b) London Troupe.
(c) A group from Broadway.
(d) Yale Rep.

14. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By plane.
(b) By car.
(c) By ship.
(d) By train.

15. What did Eva's sister do almost the entire trip from Montreal to Vancouver?
(a) Ran around and played.
(b) Giggled nervously.
(c) Ate.
(d) Slept.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Eva begin writing in when she began taking writing seriously?

2. When Eva and Alina arrived at school, what was the first English word that they understood?

3. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?

4. What did Eva confide to Mrs. Steiner?

5. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

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