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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?
(a) Her painting.
(b) Her poems.
(c) Her speeches.
(d) Her piano playing.

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

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

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

5. Where did the Wydras live inside the house in which they stayed when they arrived in Vancouver?
(a) The attic.
(b) The basement.
(c) The "family" room.
(d) The spare bedroom.

6. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 1785 Pioneer Street.
(b) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(c) 4848 Circle Drive.
(d) 1785 Granville Street.

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

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

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

10. What are Eva and Alinka dressed in when they arrive in Vancouver?
(a) Jeans and white shirts.
(b) Identical navy blue dresses with sailor collars.
(c) Their pajamas.
(d) Flower dresses and matching socks.

11. 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) A flowery Hawaiian shirt and a crew cut.
(b) Jeans and a blue jean jacket.
(c) A suite without a tie.
(d) Tennis shoes.

12. When Eva and Alina arrived at school, what was the first English word that they understood?
(a) Candy.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Shut up or shuddup.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"

2. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?

3. What was the Canadian version of McDonald's?

4. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?

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

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