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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?
(a) Riot.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Volunteer work.
(d) Argue about politics.

2. What supply is said to be scarce and often withheld from the people in the camp?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Food.
(c) Coal.
(d) Toilet paper.

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

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

5. Where does Kovály see a mass demonstration in 1948?
(a) The Lesser Quarter.
(b) The Písek Gate.
(c) St. Wenceslas Square.
(d) The Old New Synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?

2. How long is a typical workday in the camp?

3. What group does Margolius join after the war?

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

5. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is arrested in November 1951 and how does it affect Margolius?

2. How does Kovály keep up to date with Margolius' trial when she is in the hospital?

3. What does Kovály notice about the confessions issued by people arrested by the Communists?

4. What do the Nazis do as the Russian army advance westward?

5. What minor miracle does Bartos achieve for Kovály which enabled her to visit a hospital?

6. What response does Kovály get when she asks her friends in Prague for help?

7. By the time Margolius is arrested, how many citizens in total had been taken into custody, and what often happened to the families of arrested individuals?

8. Following her meeting with the Party committee in 1963, what does Kovály make efforts to have done?

9. What does Kovály discover happened with Margolius' remains?

10. How does Kovály describe the feeling in Prague by the middle of 1951?

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