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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. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?

2. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"

3. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?

4. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?

5. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

2. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

3. As Eva learned new words and expressions, why was she baffled by "You're welcome?"

4. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

5. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

6. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

7. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

8. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

9. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

10. Why did Eva believe that speech was a class signifier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are women portrayed in the story? What are their roles? How are they viewed by the author? How are they viewed by others in the story? By men? Give examples to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does the age difference between Eva and her sister affect Eva's sister? How is she more quickly "Americanized?" Why do you think this is? At what ages did the girls emigrate? Why is this important? Support your essay with quotes from the book.

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