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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VII: The Border.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mirek arrive?
(a) At Zdena's apartment.
(b) At Zdena's country estate.
(c) At the border to the Ukraine.
(d) At his mother's apartment.

2. What happens when Mirek stops to have his car checked?
(a) His tire is flat and can't be replaced.
(b) The transmission is no good.
(c) He learns he has a blown head gasket.
(d) The attendant is not happy about serving him.

3. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?
(a) When her mother-in-law used to try to control how the grandchildren were raised.
(b) When the mother-in-law lived with them after her husband dies.
(c) When Marketa and Karel lived with his parents.
(d) Never.

4. Why does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?
(a) Out of sympathy.
(b) Out of the need for money.
(c) There is no particular reason.
(d) To be polite and reply to her mother-in-law's letters.

5. What happens to an errant hat?
(a) The wind blows it and it lands on Passer's coffin.
(b) It is crushed on the train tracks.
(c) It lands on the river and drifts with the current.
(d) It is accidentally given to the thrift store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jan and Edwige go?

2. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?

3. What is Tamina not doing?

4. How is Tamina's situation similar to her husband's when he was ill?

5. What type of conversation do Jan and Edwige have with the other nudists?

(see the answer key)

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