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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 1785 Pioneer Street.
(b) 4848 Circle Drive.
(c) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(d) 1785 Granville Street.

2. When Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Wilt Chamberlin.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Ray Charles.

3. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Chicago School for the Arts.
(b) Rice University in Houston, TX.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

4. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
(a) People several generations older than her.
(b) People her own age.
(c) Dogs, not people.
(d) Her father's friends.

5. 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 sold all his possessions and bought a lumber yard.
(b) He went to work in a restaurant and worked his way up from dishwasher.
(c) He built houses and made a great living.
(d) He produced Polish pickles and made a fortune.

6. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Sneak out to see a boy.
(d) Buy liquor.

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

8. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?
(a) It was not helpful in communication.
(b) It was a class signifier.
(c) It could be sloppy and still understood.
(d) It was only good in Polish.

9. When Eva and Alina arrived at school, what was the first English word that they understood?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Shut up or shuddup.
(d) Candy.

10. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She wanted to go to school in America.
(b) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.
(c) She was becoming "cold."
(d) She was learning the language too quickly.

11. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?
(a) A two story lap-board house.
(b) A large brick house.
(c) A small "stucco" house.
(d) An ocean cottage.

12. After Eva's parents worked their business out of their basement, where did they move the business?
(a) The moved the business upstairs.
(b) They sold out of their truck.
(c) They rented a store.
(d) They bought a store.

13. 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.

14. Where was the Steiner's house in Vancouver?
(a) The harbor.
(b) At the edge of the city.
(c) On top of the mountain.
(d) On Harbor Rd.

15. On Eva's voyage of self-improvement, what two historical figures did she want to follow?
(a) Lewis and Clark.
(b) Ben Franklin and Thomas Wolfe.
(c) Pocahontas and Captain Smith.
(d) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?

2. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?

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

4. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?

5. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

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