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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the apartment like that Kovály is assigned?
(a) Rat-infested.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Spacious.
(d) Smelly.

2. As the Iron Curtain falls on Czechoslovakia, what happens to the media?
(a) The media focuses on feel-good stories.
(b) The media becomes controlled by the State.
(c) The media disappears.
(d) The media only reports Russian news.

3. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?
(a) In luxury apartments.
(b) In the poorest Prague neighborhoods.
(c) In former Jewish neighborhoods.
(d) Next door to her family.

4. What happens to many of the people who return to Prague from the concentration camps?
(a) They are turned to the streets.
(b) They are given free housing outside of Prague.
(c) They are returned to their homes.
(d) They are imprisoned.

5. In addition to Jews, what other group in Kovály's home city are forcibly evacuated from the city?
(a) Ukrainians.
(b) Armenians.
(c) Roma.
(d) Roman Catholics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kovály want to focus on besides getting involved with the Communist Party?

2. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?

3. Who is Franz?

4. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?

5. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?

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