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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jaroslav particularly fond of, as he details in part four?
(a) Moravian folk music.
(b) Chamber music.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) Baroque music.

2. How far back does Jaroslav trace his beloved music back in history? Where do the musical roots begin?
(a) The Hungarians.
(b) Egyptian Pyramid culture.
(c) Genghis Kahn's armies.
(d) Ancient Greece.

3. While Kostka is farming in western Bohemia, there are sightings of a young girl nobody knows. What do the children think she is?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A fairy.
(d) A vandal.

4. What is Helena's favorite word?
(a) Marvelous.
(b) Fabulous.
(c) Pure.
(d) Divine.

5. What emotion alarms the narrator of part five just before meeting Helena?
(a) Nervousness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Dread.
(d) Indifference.

6. How did the children help the unknown girl?
(a) They left her food in the same place every day.
(b) They left her food in different places.
(c) They told adults where to find her.
(d) They trapped her with food and beat her.

7. What does the narrator of part five have for breakfast before meeting Helena?
(a) A hearty breakfast and a shot of vodka.
(b) Potato pancakes.
(c) Coffee and toast.
(d) Cocoa and two rolls.

8. What does the narrator of part five really want for breakfast before meeting Helena?
(a) A hearty breakfast and a shot of vodka.
(b) A red-eye.
(c) Coffee and toast.
(d) Yogurt and fruit.

9. How did Jaroslav meet his future wife?
(a) She danced in his ensemble.
(b) She tended a farm next door to Jaroslav.
(c) She mended his clothes in a shop.
(d) She cared for his sick father.

10. Who is the narrator of part six?
(a) Lucie.
(b) Kostka.
(c) Ludvik.
(d) Helena.

11. What brought Jaroslav home from University earlier than expected?
(a) His father's health.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His loyalty to the Communist Party.
(d) His future wife.

12. Who is the narrator in part five?
(a) Zemanek.
(b) Lucie.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Ludvik.

13. How does Helena describe Ludvik during their lunch together.
(a) Confusing.
(b) Indirect.
(c) Verbose.
(d) Straightforward.

14. When Zemanek spoke out against Ludvik in his hearing about the postcard, he quotes one person at length. Who is it?
(a) Julius Fucik.
(b) Alexander Dubcek.
(c) Gustav Husak.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

15. What was Lucie caught stealing before she left Ostrava?
(a) Flowers from a graveyard.
(b) Clothes from a laundry.
(c) Food from children.
(d) Milk from a shepherd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally broke Lucie of her fear of physical intimacy?

2. Ludvik sees an old friend at the simulated baptism. What is the old friend's name?

3. What does Ludvik order for lunch with Helena?

4. How long was Lucie in reform school?

5. What does Kostka decide to do when he resigns from University?

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