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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first place the ship stopped when reaching Canada?
(a) Halifax.
(b) Montreal.
(c) New York.
(d) Vancouver.

2. What, according to Eva's mother, was a necessary part of a lady's equipment?
(a) A car.
(b) A husband.
(c) A vacuum.
(d) A maid.

3. What did Krysia's mother call her because she recoiled from being hugged?
(a) A porcupine.
(b) A goat.
(c) A shark.
(d) A skunk.

4. What did Pani Orlovska tell Eva she should wash her face with to have a good complexion?
(a) Noxema.
(b) Laundry soap.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Dove.

5. What did Danuta Dombarska, the blond girl who lived in the next building in Poland want to be when she grew up?
(a) A saint.
(b) An actress.
(c) A politician.
(d) A park ranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refused to leave the ship and meet her new husband when the ship reached Canada?

2. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?

3. What did Eva and her sister have sewn into the pockets of their skirts when they sailed for Canada?

4. What happened to Alinka when her mother went to a sanatorium?

5. Who died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?

(see the answer key)

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