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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?
(a) He is imprisoned by the Nazis.
(b) He is thrown a surprise party.
(c) He falls into a coma and dies.
(d) He escapes from the ghetto.

2. During the summer of 1953, Kovály volunteers to help with what?
(a) The harvest.
(b) A public building project.
(c) A friend's anniversary party.
(d) A Communist rally.

3. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?
(a) Pawn their possessions.
(b) Hoard.
(c) Take all their money from the banks.
(d) Loot and riot.

4. What does Kovály notice about nearly all the people arrested by the government?
(a) They are former resistance members.
(b) They are middle-level politicians.
(c) They are Jewish.
(d) They are unmarried men.

5. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?
(a) Child workers.
(b) The elderly and destitute.
(c) Convicted criminals.
(d) Illegal immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kovály discovers that the politicians wives are afraid of doing what?

2. Who moves into Kovály's apartment with her?

3. To which camp is Kovály and her family sent when their ghetto is liquidated?

4. Who is Rudolf Slánský?

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

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