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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. What was another word for "cuppings?"
(a) Banieczki.
(b) Kogelmogel.
(c) Czerney.
(d) Txialosky.

2. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?
(a) Mrs. Berg.
(b) Mrs. Steiner.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mrs. Rubenstein.

3. What, according to the author, had her generation been characterized by?
(a) Its avoidance of work.
(b) Music.
(c) Its hatred of politics.
(d) Its prolonged refusal to assimilate.

4. What was commonly known about Dr. Orlovski that his wife overlooked?
(a) He spends too much money.
(b) He has a permanent mistress.
(c) He does not smell good.
(d) He is ugly.

5. Who did Janek, the boy Eva met on the ship to Canada, meet as he leaves the ship?
(a) His boss.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?

2. What was Jacek driving when Eva visited Cracow?

3. When Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?

4. What did Eva's mother have an aversion to teaching her daughter?

5. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

(see the answer key)

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