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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the agent Zuckerman hands his passport to at the airport remark Zuckerman is?
(a) An American Yankee.
(b) A communist sympathizer.
(c) A loser.
(d) A Zionist agent.

2. What does Olga give Zuckerman the manuscript wrapped in?
(a) A dog food bag.
(b) Blankets.
(c) A candy box.
(d) Newspaper.

3. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?
(a) The Hotel Clerk.
(b) His best friend.
(c) Someone else.
(d) Zdenek Sisovksy.

4. The man who sends Zuckerman a note at the hotel is what?
(a) A student.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A security guard.
(d) The dean.

5. Who does Zuckerman go to meet after attempting to meet Oldrich Hrobek with no success?
(a) Antonín.
(b) Frantisek.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Bolotka.

6. Who does Zuckerman suspect had a change of heart and turned him into the authorities after the manuscript is confiscated?
(a) Novak.
(b) Vlasta.
(c) Olga.
(d) Ivan.

7. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he loves about her in his hotel room?
(a) Her sense of reality.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her sense of adventure.

8. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building take her there for?
(a) To take pictures.
(b) To drop her off at work.
(c) To sleep with her.
(d) To get her opinion.

9. Where does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?
(a) The airport.
(b) A diner.
(c) The train station.
(d) A bar.

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

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

12. Who does Bolotka say are writers and teachers in Communist Czechoslovakia?
(a) Cab drivers.
(b) Janitors.
(c) Plumbers.
(d) Jewelers.

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

14. When asked for her identification card at the hotel, Olga makes a scene accusing the man of assuming she is what?
(a) A spy.
(b) Zuckerman's wife.
(c) An American.
(d) A prostitute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zuckerman demand to call after the authorities search him and confiscate the manuscript?

2. Novak says to Zuckerman there is no what about writers in Czechoslovakia?

3. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?

4. Why does Olga leave to go to the bathroom at breakfast at the hotel?

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

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