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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?
(a) Afford the trip home.
(b) To buy a car.
(c) To rent an apartment.
(d) Buy Christmas gifts for her Christian friends.

3. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Rice University in Houston, TX.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Chicago School for the Arts.

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

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

6. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?
(a) Poland.
(b) A beautiful beach.
(c) A sunlit street.
(d) A dark forest with a narrow path.

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

8. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?
(a) It was a class signifier.
(b) It could be sloppy and still understood.
(c) It was only good in Polish.
(d) It was not helpful in communication.

9. What did Eva confide to Mrs. Steiner?
(a) That her parents fought and argued.
(b) That bullies beat her up.
(c) That they had little money.
(d) That she didn't like her school.

10. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?
(a) In the back yard of their home.
(b) In front of a museum.
(c) By the ocean.
(d) In the mountains.

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

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

13. After traveling to America, what did Eva declare was the capitol of the United States?
(a) New York.
(b) Texas.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.

14. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Kittenish.
(b) Shy.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Stupid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

2. What are Eva and Alinka dressed in when they arrive in Vancouver?

3. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"

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

5. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?

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