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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 Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?
2. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?
3. What cartoon did Eva and her mother just not understand?
4. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?
5. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?
2. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"
3. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?
4. 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?
5. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"
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. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?
8. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?
9. Once in Canada, how did Eva keep her privacy? What did she hold back? How was she careful in what she said about the difficulties that her family was facing?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Why is English the language of Eva's adulthood? Why does she stop translating in her head? What happens that makes it possible for Eva to think and dream in English? Why is this an important step in her development?
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