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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. After Eva's parents worked their business out of their basement, where did they move the business?
(a) They rented a store.
(b) The moved the business upstairs.
(c) They bought a store.
(d) They sold out of their truck.

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

8. What, according to Eva and her parents, was the "big fear?"
(a) That you would become too "American."
(b) That you would not be able to buy a car.
(c) That you'd be broke and live in The Bowery.
(d) That you would not be able to buy a house.

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

10. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(b) Scales.
(c) Mozart's music.
(d) Bach exercises.

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

12. What kind of food did the Wydra's have in their luggage from their trip?
(a) Dried cake, figs and fruit.
(b) Dried cake, canned sardines and sausage.
(c) Dried cake, canned sardines, and fruit.
(d) Canned sardines, sherry and pickles.

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

14. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?
(a) Grated on her like chalk screeching on a blackboard.
(b) Made her cry.
(c) Made her laugh.
(d) Made her sick to her stomach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva's teacher, Mr. Jones ask her about that only she could answer?

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

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

4. Where did the Wydras live inside the house in which they stayed when they arrived in Vancouver?

5. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?

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