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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which country is the ghetto that Kovály and her family are taken located?
(a) Romania.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Germany.

2. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?
(a) A farmer's field.
(b) A barn.
(c) A country inn.
(d) A train station.

3. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
(a) Italian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Greek.
(d) Romani.

4. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?
(a) She lies about her identity.
(b) She moves into the housing authority's offices.
(c) She waits patiently until one comes available.
(d) She is awarded it in a lottery.

5. Who is Eva?
(a) Kovály's cousin.
(b) A camp inmate who is shot for stealing food.
(c) A young and frail camp inmate.
(d) A Jewish nurse who looks after the inmates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kovály find out about her friends when she returns to Prague?

2. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?

3. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?

4. What position does Margolius secure in the government?

5. In addition to Jews, what other group in Kovály's home city are forcibly evacuated from the city?

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