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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 died in 1956 on a visit to Moscow?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) President Reagan.
(c) President DeGaul.
(d) Poland's president, Bierut.

2. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
(a) American.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

3. Just before leaving for college, how did Eva describe herself?
(a) Like a lost soul.
(b) Lost between two worlds.
(c) Lost between two languages.
(d) Like a mosaic made of up fragments, but still an immigrant.

4. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?
(a) He built houses and made a great living.
(b) He went to work in a restaurant and worked his way up from dishwasher.
(c) He produced Polish pickles and made a fortune.
(d) He sold all his possessions and bought a lumber yard.

5. What makes Maria's daughter Tony so pretty?
(a) She had blue eyes, but dark skin.
(b) She was part Indian in her features.
(c) She was a beautiful dancer.
(d) She had long legs and was tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a familiar arch in Cracow which functioned as a gateway to the old city?

2. How many Jews were left in Poland when Eva visited as an adult?

3. Where in New York did Eva meet somebody who knew her parents before the war?

4. What, according to the author, had her generation been characterized by?

5. What language did Eva begin writing in when she began taking writing seriously?

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