2. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
(a) Gold.
(b) Money.
(c) Silverware.
(d) Jewelry.

3. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) A maid.
(c) Her mother's sister.
(d) A relative in Israel.

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

5. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) An actress.
(b) A mother.
(c) A writer.
(d) An engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the houses in the locations where Eva's family vacations when she is young in Poland?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was a sanatorium and why did Eva's mother have to go to a sanatorium for a while?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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