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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Lost Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might the person fired have lost?
(a) A means of making a living.
(b) A prime office location.
(c) Good political connections.
(d) A burgeoning career.

2. Where does Kundera meet his former boss?
(a) In the underground tunnels near the square.
(b) At the wharf.
(c) At a secret apartment.
(d) At the fish market.

3. What does Marketa ask Eva to do?
(a) Pretend Eva is Marketa's cousin.
(b) Come another time.
(c) Stay at the hotel near them.
(d) Talk to the director of the coop to stop the police searches.

4. What does Marketa tell her mother-in-law?
(a) That she is not welcome to visit them.
(b) That Karel and she are divorcing.
(c) That she can stay in a motel near their apartment.
(d) That she has to leave on Sunday morning.

5. In what status does Tamina leave Bohemia?
(a) Illegally.
(b) As a non-citizen.
(c) Pending citizenship.
(d) Legally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tamina thought to be a good listener?

2. For what does Mirek ask Zdena?

3. What does Tamina ask Bibi to get at Tamina's stepmother's house?

4. Who addresses the Czech people?

5. What does Mama forget?

(see the answer key)

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