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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mirek being followed?
(a) He has bodyguards in another car.
(b) He is considered an enemy of the state.
(c) He stole the car he is driving.
(d) Someone warns the police he is going to kill Zdena.

2. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?
(a) Eva.
(b) The police.
(c) Marketa's son.
(d) The group of political conspirators.

3. What does Mama forget?
(a) To cook the pasta.
(b) To pack her pajamas.
(c) To bring her toothbrush.
(d) The last line of the poem.

4. What happens when Mirek leaves Zdena's place?
(a) He calls his mother on his cell phone.
(b) He goes to borrow a friend's gun.
(c) He decides to go and jump off a high bridge.
(d) He temporarily loses the men following him in the car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama get embarrassed?

2. What does Mama later say about Eva?

3. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?

4. Why is Mirek ashamed of Zdena?

5. When did Mama learn the poem?

(see the answer key)

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