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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eva's profession in America?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Dress seller.
(c) Actress.
(d) Cab driver.

2. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?
(a) They wanted to.
(b) They were rich.
(c) They were exiled.
(d) They were poor.

3. What is Zuckerman's profession?
(a) Stock broker.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Antique dealer.
(d) Author.

4. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?
(a) His purpose in life.
(b) His true religion.
(c) Buried treasure.
(d) His Jewish roots.

5. When did Sisovsky's father die?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eva from?

2. What did the Czech people hate Eva for?

3. The character of Nathan Zuckerman is considered to be what to the author?

4. Whose writing does Sisovsky describe studying in his first meeting with Zuckerman?

5. How many stories did Sisovsky's father write, according to him in the discussion with Zuckerman?

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