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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Eva's friend Janice follow around the world to see perform?
(a) Sviatoslav Richter.
(b) Dubai.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) The Beatles.

2. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Money.
(c) Silverware.
(d) Gold.

3. 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?
(a) He sent her to her mother's.
(b) He carried her on his back to safety.
(c) He transported her on a motorcycle.
(d) He cared for her at home.

4. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?
(a) She didn't know how to find the radio station.
(b) Her family didn't own a radio.
(c) Her mother thought she was on T.V.
(d) She didn't understand that she was on the radio.

5. What cartoon did Eva and her mother just not understand?
(a) The New Yorker cartoon.
(b) The Vancouver Gazette cartoon.
(c) The television cartoons.
(d) The Time Magazine cartoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last paragraph of the book, what was Miriam teaching Eva?

2. What did Eva's friends eat as they drank vodka around a table in a Lower East side apartment in New York?

3. What is unique about Orlovska's apartment that let Eva know that they had more money than her family?

4. When Eva decided to go to a shrink, what did she tell her mother?

5. When Eva arrived at college, what did other students praise Eva for being?

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