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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 mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?
(a) To jump onto their new home soil.
(b) To gather dirt in their hands and keep it in a jar.
(c) To get a picture.
(d) To step on the right foot for luck.

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

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

4. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Ali.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Ann.

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

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

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

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

9. What was the Canadian version of McDonald's?
(a) White Castle.
(b) White Spot.
(c) Joe's Diner.
(d) McDaffy's

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

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

12. 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 strength.
(b) His politics.
(c) His wife.
(d) His peace of mind.

13. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?
(a) WWII.
(b) The Russian Revolution of 1905.
(c) The War of '68.
(d) The Polish uprising.

14. What language did Eva begin writing in when she began taking writing seriously?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?

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

4. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?

5. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

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