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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ends up writing the reports on Bolotka?
(a) Jaroslav.
(b) Bolotka.
(c) Oldrich.
(d) Blecha.

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

3. How old was Zuckerman when he would collect coins from his neighbors on behalf of the Jewish National Fund?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

4. Why did the school tell Bolotka he could not change his major?
(a) Citizens invested in him as a lawyer.
(b) Citizens invested in him as a conductor.
(c) Citizens invested in him as a dentist.
(d) Citizens invested in him as a doctor.

5. Who does Bolotka say hates him when Zuckerman visits his apartment?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) God.
(d) His boss.

6. What arrives to take Zuckerman to the airport after the manuscript is confiscated?
(a) A black limo.
(b) A cop car.
(c) A bus.
(d) A train.

7. What does Olga say loudly for the bug in Zuckerman's room to hear her?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She wants to marry him.
(c) She has gas.
(d) The toilet is clogged.

8. What does Zuckerman tell Olga she does not care about when negotiating the manuscript?
(a) Cats.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Literature.
(d) Politics.

9. How did Sisovsky's father die, according to Olga?
(a) A plane crash.
(b) A bus accident.
(c) A motorcycle accident.
(d) A kick from a donkey.

10. Who does Novak ask Zuckerman if he knows as they ride to the airport?
(a) Betty MacDonald.
(b) Marsha Rollins.
(c) Glenda Robinson.
(d) Susan Johnson.

11. What does Novak conclude his father essentially was?
(a) A rat bastard.
(b) A child molester.
(c) A dirty Jew.
(d) A saint.

12. What does Olga tell Zuckerman in their next meeting after the hotel breakfast?
(a) She is already married.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has a fatal disease.
(d) She wants to marry him.

13. What does Oldrich Hrobeck tell Zuckerman at their meeting?
(a) There is a hockey game.
(b) He needs to catch a cab.
(c) He must leave Prague at once.
(d) The government is about to fall.

14. What did Bolotka's childhood friend drunkenly admit to him one night?
(a) He is gay.
(b) The government paid him to spy on Bolotka.
(c) He stole an ex from him.
(d) He is broke.

15. Who does Zuckerman receive a note from at the hotel while in the lobby with Olga?
(a) Jirí Sedivy.
(b) Jan Kohout.
(c) Oldrich Hrobeck.
(d) Pavel Mertlík.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zuckerman wonder if it is even that good and if retrieving it is worth the trouble after trying to meet Oldrich Hrobek?

2. Bolotka entered college to study what?

3. The man who sends Zuckerman a note at the hotel is what?

4. What refers to a citizenship paper that citizens carry in the Soviet Union which serves to identify the citizen correctly, much like a passport or driver's license?

5. Who is the Minister of Culture and a successful writer in Czechoslovakia?

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