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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 cared for her at home.
(b) He carried her on his back to safety.
(c) He sent her to her mother's.
(d) He transported her on a motorcycle.

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

3. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?
(a) Grodzinska brothers.
(b) Wydra brothers.
(c) Marek brothers.
(d) Sullivan brothers.

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

5. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?
(a) Bialy Dunajec.
(b) Baltic Sea.
(c) Israel.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?

4. What book did Eva's father read that gave him the initial idea to emigrate to Canada?

5. Who, at home, infused Eva and her sister with Christian teachings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How did Eva feel about national pride?

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

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

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

8. What was an apparatchik in Poland and who, according to Eva, was one? What did they do? What was their function in the political landscape?

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

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

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