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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Kostka meet Ludvik?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1947.

2. How many years did Jaroslav and Ludvik share a school bench when they were younger?
(a) Three years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

3. How does the narrator of part five kill time before meeting Helena?
(a) Visits all the old childhood haunts.
(b) Reads a paper and goes into a church.
(c) Sits on a bench for two hours.
(d) Takes a nap.

4. What is the narrator doing when part four begins?
(a) Eating.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Working.
(d) Writing.

5. What music does Jaroslav compare to folk music?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Chamber.
(d) Jazz.

6. What do Ludvik and Helena drink while waiting for lunch?
(a) Slivovitz.
(b) Rye.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

7. What was the narrator of part five doing just before the narration begins?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Eating.
(d) Walking.

8. How many boys were in the game from Lucie's childhood?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

9. What honor is given to Vladimir in part four?
(a) He is voted to the Youth League.
(b) He breaks a school record in track.
(c) He wins a motorcycle race in Brno.
(d) He is appointed King of the festival.

10. According to Ludvik, what is the one good feature about newspapers?
(a) They make no noise.
(b) The journalists.
(c) They spread the news.
(d) The uses for leftover newspaper.

11. When Ludvik was a young boy in school, financial troubles almost prevented his continuing education. Who saved Ludvik in the eleventh hour?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

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

13. What did the director of the state-farm call Lucie?
(a) "The best cook in all of Bohemia."
(b) "The little shephardess who could."
(c) "The little grave robber."
(d) "The little fairy-princess."

14. What helped spread the resurgence of folk music in Jaroslav's university years?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Communism.

15. What kind of garland did Vlasta wear in her hair on her wedding day?
(a) Lilac.
(b) Sage.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Thyme.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Ludvik feel about Helena after their first meeting?

3. The only person Lucie related her past to is Kostka. Who is the only person Kostka told?

4. In what state is Helena when she finally leaves Kostka's flat a few minutes before seven?

5. Who is the narrator of part six?

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