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

2. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?
(a) Every Saturday.
(b) Four times a year on Holidays.
(c) Once a year on the High Holidays.
(d) Every Friday evening.

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

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

5. In the winter, how did Eva's mother transport her to school?
(a) On a bicycle.
(b) On a toboggan.
(c) On a motorcycle.
(d) In a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refused to leave the ship and meet her new husband when the ship reached Canada?

2. What was commonly known about Dr. Orlovski that his wife overlooked?

3. Who did Eva go to Christian church with when she was young?

4. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?

5. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Eva feel about national pride?

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