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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it when the book opens?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1948.

2. In what is Mirek reveling?
(a) In knowing now how to best blackmail Zdena.
(b) In his temporary freedom.
(c) In the money he manages to get from Zdena.
(d) In the idea of leaving the country.

3. What happens to Mirek when he and Zdena break up?
(a) Bad things.
(b) He marries someone else.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Good things.

4. Why is Mirek ashamed of Zdena?
(a) She is uneducated.
(b) She has bad table manners.
(c) She has a loud, grating voice.
(d) She is ugly.

5. Why is Mirek driving to see Zdena?
(a) To give her a present.
(b) To retrieve some old love letters.
(c) To kill her.
(d) To ask her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police find?

2. How does Mirek feel when he and Zdena break up their relationship?

3. To what year does the story next flash forward?

4. What is happening to Mirek's house when he arrives?

5. Why does Clementis give Gottwald a fur cap?

(see the answer key)

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