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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olga is married to whom?
(a) Vodicka.
(b) Sisovsky.
(c) Sedivy.
(d) Kalvoda.

2. What does Olga write, which are beloved by the Czech people?
(a) Existential satires.
(b) Children's farces.
(c) Mystery novels.
(d) Love stories.

3. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?
(a) Stubborness.
(b) Lack of intelligence.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Too afraid to leave.

4. Why does Sisovsky claim the Czech government let them leave?
(a) They were rich.
(b) They wanted to.
(c) They were poor.
(d) They were exiled.

5. When did Sisovsky's father die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Zuckerman to show him around at Klenek's?

2. Who is with the boy Olga shows her vagina to at Klenek's?

3. Blecha is terrible at what?

4. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?

5. What is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?

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