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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 work-at-home job does Kovály find after Margolius' death?
(a) Painting figurines.
(b) Stuffing envelopes.
(c) Assembling slippers.
(d) Weaving scarves.

2. As Communism takes hold in Czechoslovakia, what does Kovály note about the confessions issued by arrested individuals?
(a) They are full of Party verbiage.
(b) They are read in Russian.
(c) They are heart-wrenching
(d) They are sarcastic.

3. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) With affection.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With great deference.
(d) With hostility.

4. What is the reality of the Russian government?
(a) It has no real power.
(b) It rules prosperously.
(c) It rules with terror.
(d) It rules fairly.

5. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) A shopping spree.
(b) Food.
(c) Financial support.
(d) A bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?

2. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?

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

4. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?

5. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?

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