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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. When Eva returns home to Vancouver for her first summer vacation, where do her parents arrange a job for her?
(a) A carhop.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A receptionist.
(d) A dry cleaning establishment.

2. Who saw Maria's daughter, Tony, dance and told her she was a good dancer?
(a) Paul Newman.
(b) Rita Hayworth.
(c) Greta Garbow.
(d) Joanne Woodward.

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

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

5. Who was Eva's sister named after?
(a) A relative in Israel.
(b) Her mother's sister.
(c) A maid.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her later life, who did Pani Orlovska write a book about?

2. A Frenchman Eva knows once remarked, "We French lie to others. Americans lie to_____________________.

3. What did Krysia's older brother study in school?

4. What story of success did Eva's father hear from a man who spoke Yiddish about a Polish Jew who came to Canada?

5. As Eva's 2nd year at Harvard came to an end, what did she and her friends do?

(see the answer key)

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