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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Rome.
(b) Prague.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

2. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?
(a) His Jewish roots.
(b) His true religion.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) His purpose in life.

3. Where is Eva from?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Prague.
(c) Paris.
(d) Moscow.

4. What does Sisovsky admire very much about Zuckerman?
(a) His wealth.
(b) His writing.
(c) His car.
(d) His looks.

5. How is Sisovsky connected to Judaism?
(a) His mother was Jewish.
(b) His grandfather was Jewish.
(c) His grandmother was Jewish.
(d) His father was Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language did Sisovsky's father write?

2. What role had Eva played which led people to believe she was Jewish?

3. Why does Sisovsky say he wrote to Zuckerman?

4. When does Sisovsky say he published one little satire in Prague?

5. Sisovsky explains in telling of his father that another Gestapo officer in the next town had a Jewish what?

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