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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what condition did Bolotka's childhood friend offer to help him recently at a bar?
(a) He go to the authorities.
(b) He leave his wife.
(c) He stop writing.
(d) He stop telling the story.

2. Where is Eva from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Prague.

3. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
(a) He killed her aunt.
(b) He owes her money.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He left her for another woman.

4. Bolotka claims he won't leave Czechoslovakia because he has how many girlfriends?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

5. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman pursues Eva in their first meeting?
(a) German heroes.
(b) Jewish demons.
(c) American yankees.
(d) A stray cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator describe the woman with Sisovsky as being in the beginning of the novel?

2. Sisovsky tells Zuckerman his father would have never been published in Czechoslovakia because of his what?

3. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?

4. What was the name of the man Eva left her husband for in the narrative?

5. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?

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