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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?
(a) Oh Canada!
(b) Canada, the Land of Immigration.
(c) Canada Fragrant with Resin.
(d) How to Emigate to the Americas.

2. What body of water did the ship sail down after it reached the coast of Canada?
(a) The St. Lawrence Seaway.
(b) The Hudson River.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Huron.

3. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His boss.
(d) His aunt.

4. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?
(a) Marek's mother.
(b) Pani Ruta.
(c) Pani Grodzinska.
(d) Eva's mother.

5. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Polish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a familiar arch in Cracow which functioned as a gateway to the old city?

2. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?

3. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?

4. What was the name of the drink made for Eva by her mother when she was sick?

5. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed in the friendship with Basia after she returned from the camp for young communists?

2. How did Eva's mother view the idea of being lazy for women?

3. How did Eva feel about national pride?

4. How did Pani Ruta live during the war and why was her family untouched by what was happening to the Jews?

5. What did Eva feel that she was being exiled from as she left Poland?

6. Compare Krysia's adult life with Eva's. What were the differences? What were the similarities? How did you think they viewed each others lives?

7. How did Eva gather memories before the family emigrated to Canada?

8. How was life on the ship to Canada like a family?

9. What, according to Eva, threw an "odd light" on Pani Orlovska?

10. For Eva's parents, what extra meaning did her birth have?

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