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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?
(a) Sneak out to see a boy.
(b) Run away.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Buy liquor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What did Mrs. Steiner disapprove of that Eva's father did?
(a) He quit his job at the lumber mill.
(b) He left his wife.
(c) He started a junk company.
(d) He drank.

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

13. 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 front of a museum.
(d) In the back yard of their home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

2. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?

3. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?

4. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?

5. Vancouver's Board of Commerce claimed that Vancouver was the most beautiful city in the world after what city?

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