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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story of Sisovsky's does Olga claim is a lie at breakfast?
(a) The magician's daughter.
(b) The train crash.
(c) The Gestapo shooting.
(d) The alpaca farm.

2. Who comforts Zuckerman, telling him the authorities cannot touch him in the narrative?
(a) Eva.
(b) Bolotka.
(c) Klenek.
(d) Olga.

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

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

5. Who insists the policemen must search Zuckerman's belongings when he returns to the hotel with the manuscript?
(a) The maid.
(b) A guest at the hotel.
(c) The cab driver.
(d) The Hotel Clerk.

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

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

8. Bolotka entered college to study what?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Fine Arts.
(c) Law.
(d) Politics.

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

10. What does Zuckerman smoke over breakfast when dining with Olga?
(a) An English cigarette.
(b) A Cuban cigar.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A Russian cigar.

11. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?
(a) Turned them on bright.
(b) Left them on.
(c) Left them off.
(d) Flashed them in warning.

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

13. Where does Zuckerman fly first when leaving Prague?
(a) Geneva, Switzerland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) St. Petersburg, Russia.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oldrich Hrobeck tell Zuckerman the authorities believe him to be?

2. What British term for bathroom do characters use in the narrative?

3. What did Bolotka's childhood friend go on to become?

4. Who does Bolotka say are writers and teachers in Communist Czechoslovakia?

5. In what language is the manuscript of Sisovksy's father written?

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