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

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

3. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?

4. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?

5. What group of brothers kept eluding the gestapo so successfully during the war that the Germans thought Eva's father was one of them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, what is emigration? What does it mean to be an immigrant? Would people born in America have the same expectations of the country? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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