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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 nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
2. Just before leaving for college, how did Eva describe herself?
3. What did Mrs. Steiner disapprove of that Eva's father did?
4. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?
5. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"
2. When did Eva realize that discussing communism with her classmates was a waste of time?
3. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?
4. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"
5. 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?
6. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?
7. Why did Eva's father struggle so much once the family was living in Canada?
8. 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?
9. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"
10. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?
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
From Eva's viewpoint, how do Americans feel about American identity? What do Americans feel they are missing? Does Eva feel she is missing the same thing once she becomes "Americanized?"
Essay Topic 3
What is the final layer of English that Eva must conquer? What is the final key to Eva's understanding of the English language? How does this affect her becoming a full American?
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