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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 did Eva play for her first public piano performance?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Haydn.
(c) Bach.
(d) Czerny.

2. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) New York.
(c) Halifax.
(d) Montreal.

3. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?
(a) Helen Keller.
(b) President Reagan.
(c) Princess Grace.
(d) Gorbchev.

4. What city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?
(a) Boston.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Montreal.

5. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?
(a) Law.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Eva to dance on board the ship coming to Canada?

2. Who was Eva's sister named after?

3. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?

4. Who was Eva's mother's best friend?

5. How did Eva's mother and father prefer her to dress when in Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Eva's education like in Poland? Do you think she was getting two different educations? How did the teachers help the students understand what was important?

2. Why did Eva's parents go to synagogue and practice religion?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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