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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Eva's family attend synagogue in Poland?

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

3. What color were the goldfish at the pond that Eva and her parents often visited in Poland?

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

5. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Pani Ruta live during the war and why was her family untouched by what was happening to the Jews?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name small ways of intimacy that made a difference in Canada. How does Eva feel about these things? What is her reaction to them? Support your discussion by using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How does Eva's mother lose parental control when the emigrate to Canada? Why is her mother unsure of how to parent in her new country? How would it be different had the family stayed in Poland?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference, according to the author, between American women and their mothers and Polish women and their mothers? What kind of relationships do they have? How do emotions play into this?

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