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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 city did Eva and her parents get off the ship at when they arrived in Canada?
(a) Boston.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Vancouver.

2. When Eva went out with her new friends in Canada, what was the boy wearing who teased Eva and called her a "foreign student?"
(a) A suite without a tie.
(b) Jeans and a blue jean jacket.
(c) Tennis shoes.
(d) A flowery Hawaiian shirt and a crew cut.

3. When Eva arrived in Cracow, how did she find her old friends?
(a) The phone book.
(b) She went to their houses.
(c) She found them in a coffee shop.
(d) She walked the streets.

4. What did Elka's father do during the war?
(a) He was a Colonel in the army.
(b) He was a mechanic.
(c) He was a parachutist courier.
(d) He worked in Hitler's front office.

5. Who were the favorite singers among Eva's parent's friends in Canada?
(a) Bing Crosby.
(b) Andrews Sisters and Dinah Shore.
(c) Perry Como.
(d) Nat King Cole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Eva's mother tell the girls to do as they stepped on the soil in Vancouver?

3. What did Eva's friends eat as they drank vodka around a table in a Lower East side apartment in New York?

4. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?

5. What, according to Eva's friends, had coming to America's eastern shore done for Eva?

(see the answer key)

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