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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. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
2. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?
3. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?
4. Vancouver's Board of Commerce claimed that Vancouver was the most beautiful city in the world after what city?
5. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?
2. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?
3. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"
4. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?
5. Once in Canada, how did Eva keep her privacy? What did she hold back? How was she careful in what she said about the difficulties that her family was facing?
6. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?
7. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?
8. When did Eva realize that discussing communism with her classmates was a waste of time?
9. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?
10. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference, according to the author, between American women and their mothers and Polish women and their mothers? What kind of relationships do they have? How do emotions play into this?
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
Throughout the story, explain the meaning of "being Jewish" to the author. Give examples of how she explains her "Jewishness" at different times in her life and how her views of her ethnic background changes with each major geographical move in her life.
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