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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mr. Ostropov show what he meant by "life?"
(a) Bach exercises.
(b) Czerny exercises for the piano.
(c) Scales.
(d) Mozart's music.

2. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?
(a) Kittenish.
(b) Shy.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Bossy.

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

4. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?
(a) Ring Around the Rosie.
(b) Truth or Dare.
(c) Spin the Bottle.
(d) Mother May I?

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

6. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?
(a) 100 Miles.
(b) Very far away.
(c) Just over the mountains.
(d) A day away.

7. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.
(b) Friends and I Love Lucy.
(c) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(d) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.

8. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?
(a) His strength.
(b) His politics.
(c) His peace of mind.
(d) His wife.

9. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Flowers.

10. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?
(a) Colgate.
(b) Acme.
(c) Crest.
(d) Arm and Hammer.

11. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By train.
(b) By ship.
(c) By car.
(d) By plane.

12. What did Eva confide to Mrs. Steiner?
(a) That she didn't like her school.
(b) That her parents fought and argued.
(c) That bullies beat her up.
(d) That they had little money.

13. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?
(a) WWII.
(b) The War of '68.
(c) The Russian Revolution of 1905.
(d) The Polish uprising.

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

15. What did Mrs. Steiner disapprove of that Eva's father did?
(a) He started a junk company.
(b) He quit his job at the lumber mill.
(c) He left his wife.
(d) He drank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Canada supervised Eva's musical progress?

2. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

3. Where did the Wydras live inside the house in which they stayed when they arrived in Vancouver?

4. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?

5. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?

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