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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author, was the language of money and secrets?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) Polish.

2. When little Eva worried about her parents fighting, what did her father tell her about their marriage that soothed Eva's worries?
(a) "I never should have married your mother."
(b) "Your mother just isn't bright."
(c) "I'm the man of the house."
(d) "Our marriage is as strong as the Chinese Wall."

3. Other than a pianist, what did Eva declare that she would like to be when she grew up?
(a) A mother.
(b) An engineer.
(c) An actress.
(d) A writer.

4. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?
(a) At a dinner party.
(b) A work.
(c) In the Union Square cafeteria.
(d) In Times Square.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eva's family take vacations when she was young in Poland?

2. How old was Eva when her family sailed for Canada?

3. Who was Eva and Marek's first music teacher?

4. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?

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

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