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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 1959.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1962.

3. What did Bolotka's childhood friend go on to become?
(a) A rock star.
(b) A National Artist.
(c) A priest.
(d) A homeless bum.

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

6. When does Oldrick Hrobek tell Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 week.

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

8. Recently, Bolotka's childhood friend met him at a bar and suggested he could help him with what?
(a) His love life.
(b) The authorities.
(c) The mafia.
(d) Money troubles.

9. What do the authorities tell Zuckerman he must do after they confiscate the manuscript?
(a) Get on the next plane out of Czechoslovakia.
(b) Pay a fine.
(c) Have a hand cut off.
(d) Issue a public apology.

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

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

12. 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) Flashed them in warning.
(d) Left them off.

13. Why does Bolotka ask to try on Zuckerman's suit?
(a) To feel like a rich American writer.
(b) His favorite designer made it.
(c) To see if it fits him.
(d) It was his father's.

14. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?
(a) Himself.
(b) A friend of his.
(c) Oldrich Hrobek.
(d) Sisovsky.

15. Who is Bolotka's childhood friend?
(a) Oldrich.
(b) Jaroslav.
(c) Blecha.
(d) Jirí.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows Zuckerman out of the cafe after he attempted meeting Oldrich Hrobek?

2. How old was Zuckerman when he would collect coins from his neighbors on behalf of the Jewish National Fund?

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

4. Bolotka entered college to study what?

5. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?

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