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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. In 1941, to which ghetto is Kovály and her family taken?
(a) The Lublin Ghetto.
(b) The Lodz Ghetto.
(c) The Vilna Ghetto.
(d) The Lvóv Ghetto.

2. Which area does the escaped women enter after leaving Nazi Germany?
(a) Poland.
(b) Austria.
(c) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
(d) Romania.

3. In which city does Kovály grow up?
(a) Liberec.
(b) Brno.
(c) Ostrava.
(d) Prague.

4. At what point does the staff at the hospital Kovály is admitted to stop giving her good treatment?
(a) When it becomes clear she has no money.
(b) When the hospital becomes over-crowded with patients.
(c) When they find out her husband has been arrested.
(d) After Kovály loses her temper with a nurse.

5. What is one reason Ivan is sent to stay in the country occasionally?
(a) To recover from tuberculosis.
(b) To avoid the dangers of the city.
(c) To put on weight.
(d) To study at a prestigious school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kovály notice about nearly all the people arrested by the government?

2. Why is Kovály unable to move into a cheaper apartment after Margolius' arrest?

3. What happens to many of the people who return to Prague from the concentration camps?

4. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?

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

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