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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. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?
2. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?
3. What was the name of the drink made for Eva by her mother when she was sick?
4. What did Marek tell Eva's father before his family left Poland?
5. How much younger was Eva's sister than her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was life on the ship to Canada like a family?
2. Why did Eva's parents go to synagogue and practice religion?
3. 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?
4. How did Eva feel about national pride?
5. For Eva's parents, what extra meaning did her birth have?
6. What was the difference between the books that Eva choose from the library and books she had to read in school in Poland?
7. How did Eva's mother view the idea of being lazy for women?
8. What, according to Eva, threw an "odd light" on Pani Orlovska?
9. How did Eva gather memories before the family emigrated to Canada?
10. Why did Eva consider the landing of the Batory the end of the narrative of her childhood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the meaning of friendship in Poland and Canada through the eyes of the author? What about her friendships in New York? Does she finally get the kind of friends she wants? How does she describe them?
Essay Topic 2
How is language used in Eva's memoir? What is important about the author's first language? What does she miss? What is the author missing with her second language?
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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