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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her God parents.
(d) A group of girls around her age.

2. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?
(a) It is burned.
(b) It is fortified.
(c) It is disguised as a factory.
(d) It is partially dismantled.

3. What form of government does Franta want Czechoslovakia to have?
(a) A Feudalist one.
(b) An absolute monarchy.
(c) A democratic one.
(d) A Communist one.

4. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?
(a) A kitchen.
(b) A brick factory.
(c) An office.
(d) A clinic.

5. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?
(a) They are ostracized.
(b) They are fined.
(c) They are imprisoned.
(d) They are executed.

6. In 1941, who occupies Kovály's home city?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Soviets.
(d) Nazi Germany.

7. What position for a publisher does Kovály secure for herself in 1946?
(a) Translator.
(b) Proofreader.
(c) Production artist.
(d) Art editor.

8. What happens in Prague on May 5th, 1945?
(a) Kovály gives birth to her first child.
(b) An uprising against the Nazis in Czechoslovakia.
(c) A great fire destroys much of Prague.
(d) Kovály is discovered and taken into custody.

9. How does Franz treat Eva at the camp?
(a) He treats her with fatherly concern.
(b) He is physically abusive.
(c) He is verbally abusive.
(d) He treats her like a friend.

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

11. In which country is Kovály born?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Romania.

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

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

14. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?
(a) Coffee and donuts.
(b) Exercise sessions.
(c) Long roll calls.
(d) An execution.

15. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?
(a) In former Jewish neighborhoods.
(b) In luxury apartments.
(c) In the poorest Prague neighborhoods.
(d) Next door to her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?

2. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?

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

5. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?

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