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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date does Zuckerman awake to a phone call from Olga in his hotel lobby?
(a) March 23, 1977.
(b) January 5, 1975.
(c) February 5, 1976.
(d) April 20, 1974.

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

4. Who approaches Olga to ask for her identification card at Zuckerman's hotel?
(a) The prime minister.
(b) A policeman.
(c) The Hotel Clerk.
(d) The maid.

5. Who follows Zuckerman out of the cafe after he attempted meeting Oldrich Hrobek?
(a) A workman.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A dog.
(d) A policeman.

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

7. When did Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev take the office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1963.

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

9. Olga tells Zuckerman that all she wants for the manuscript is what?
(a) The satisfaction of Zuckerman telling Sisovsky that she gave them to him for nothing.
(b) The satisfaction of Zuckerman telling Sisovsky that he bought it.
(c) The satisfaction of Zuckerman telling Sisovsky that she slept with him.
(d) The satisfaction of Zuckerman telling Sisovsky that she loves him.

10. Within how much time after leaving Olga do the authorities confiscate the manuscript?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 3 hours.

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

12. Where does Zuckerman suspect he's being shipped off to while in the car with Novak?
(a) China.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Russia.
(d) India.

13. What refers to a tea with plum brandy commonly drunk in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Oolong tea.
(b) Slivovitz-larded tea.
(c) Black tea.
(d) Red tea.

14. Bolotka tells Zuckerman girls love to have sex with him at his apartment because it is what?
(a) Free.
(b) Custom.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Something to pass the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olga suggest Zuckerman do to show the authorities he is not afraid at breakfast?

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

3. What does Zuckerman tell Olga she does not care about when negotiating the manuscript?

4. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?

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

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