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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. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály wish she could go outside to do?
(a) Visit with friends.
(b) Visit the library.
(c) Plant flowers.
(d) Enjoy the springtime.

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

3. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?
(a) They are relocated via train.
(b) They are executed.
(c) They are marched westward.
(d) They are released.

4. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?
(a) They were nationalized.
(b) They are collectivized.
(c) They are shut-down.
(d) They are unionized.

5. In 1947 and early 1948, from what does Kovály isolate herself?
(a) Political discussions.
(b) Her son.
(c) The outside world.
(d) Her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to people who cannot keep up as the camp was evacuated?

2. To what kind of job does an old friend in the country urge Margolius to turn?

3. What is clear about Communism in Czechoslovakia by the end of 1949?

4. What is the reality of the Russian government?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After Margolius' arrest, what contributed to Kovály's bad health?

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

3. What is said to have been the main topic of discussion for out of work Czechs after the war?

4. How does Kovály get back to Prague?

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

6. What happens economically in Prague shortly after the war's end?

7. How does Machova intervene when the Communists sent a team in to catalogue Kovály's possessions for later seizure?

8. Where does Kovály find work in 1946?

9. What does an old friend in the country encourage Margolius to do?

10. Where is Kovály's family when the Soviet occupation occurred?

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