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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?
(a) Her God-mother and God-father.
(b) Hitler and Stalin.
(c) Lenin and Marx.
(d) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.

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

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?
(a) Young.
(b) Strong.
(c) Sickly.
(d) Healthy.

4. Who moves into Kovály's apartment with her?
(a) Marta.
(b) A young Jewish woman.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Margolius.

5. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An artist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A physician.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens in Prague on May 5th, 1945?

3. After the end of the war, which one of Kovály's friends gives her a place to stay?

4. What group does Margolius join after the war?

5. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?

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