Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?
2. 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?
3. In Eva's Poland apartment, what was the "second" room?
4. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
5. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the difference between the books that Eva choose from the library and books she had to read in school in Poland?
2. What emotion did Eva have when she heard the Polish National Anthem as her ship left for Canada?
3. Why did Eva's parents go to synagogue and practice religion?
4. How did Eva's mother view the idea of being lazy for women?
5. What, according to the author, was middle class in the Poland of her childhood?
6. How did Pani Ruta live during the war and why was her family untouched by what was happening to the Jews?
7. What, according to Eva, threw an "odd light" on Pani Orlovska?
8. Why did Eva consider the landing of the Batory the end of the narrative of her childhood?
9. 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?
10. Why was it important for Eva's mother to have a maid? What role did this maid play in her idea of what a homemaker was?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe the role of music and its importance to Eva throughout the memoir. Explain how her love of the the piano begins and what shape her music lesson take in Poland and then in Canada and beyond. How is a career in music viewed in Poland compared to a career in music elsewhere? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
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?
|
This section contains 1,133 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
