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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. According to the woman who Eva met in New York who knew her parents before the war, how did Eva's father save Eva's mother after she had a miscarriage?
(a) He sent her to her mother's.
(b) He carried her on his back to safety.
(c) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(d) He cared for her at home.

2. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1942.

3. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A vacuum.
(b) A car.
(c) A maid.
(d) A husband.

4. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?
(a) 19 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 22 years old.

5. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?
(a) A park ranger.
(b) A politician.
(c) A saint.
(d) An actress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?

2. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?

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

4. What did Eva play for her first public piano performance?

5. What street did Eva and her family live on in Poland?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What emotion did Eva have when she heard the Polish National Anthem as her ship left for Canada?

3. How did the author describe illness in Poland and illness in Canada? What were the differences between how children were treated when they had a cold or the flu in the two countries?

4. Why was it important for Eva's mother to have a maid? What role did this maid play in her idea of what a homemaker was?

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

6. What was the difference between the books that Eva choose from the library and books she had to read in school in Poland?

7. Why did Eva consider the landing of the Batory the end of the narrative of her childhood?

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

9. What, according to the author, was middle class in the Poland of her childhood?

10. How did Eva feel about national pride?

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