Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eva's mother take her every two weeks when she was a child that Eva described as being like Plato's cave or an Egyptian temple?

2. What year did prayers and religion classes begin in Polish schools?

3. What did Eva's father use as a means of transportation in Poland?

4. Where did Eva's father hide his foreign currency?

5. Where did the ship that Eva and her family emigrate to Canada on sail from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed in the friendship with Basia after she returned from the camp for young communists?

2. What was Eva's education like in Poland? Do you think she was getting two different educations? How did the teachers help the students understand what was important?

3. What emotion did Eva have when she heard the Polish National Anthem as her ship left for Canada?

4. How did the author describe illness in Poland and illness in Canada? What were the differences between how children were treated when they had a cold or the flu in the two countries?

5. How was life on the ship to Canada like a family?

6. For Eva's parents, what extra meaning did her birth have?

7. How did Eva gather memories before the family emigrated to Canada?

8. Why was it important for Eva's mother to have a maid? What role did this maid play in her idea of what a homemaker was?

9. Why did Eva consider the landing of the Batory the end of the narrative of her childhood?

10. What was a sanatorium and why did Eva's mother have to go to a sanatorium for a while?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of music and its importance to Eva throughout the memoir. Explain how her love of the the piano begins and what shape her music lesson take in Poland and then in Canada and beyond. How is a career in music viewed in Poland compared to a career in music elsewhere? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

How do Eva and Alinka reassure each other as adults? Why do they need this reassurance? What are they missing that gives them the need for this? Are they happy and well-adjusted? How do trips home affect Eva's self-esteem? Why does this happen?

Essay Topic 3

How does Eva use detachment to help her survive in Canada, in college and even beyond? What is she detaching from? What does this leave her to connect to?

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