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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Olga claim wants to be a hero to the Jews?
(a) Oldrich Hrobek.
(b) Zuckerman.
(c) Sisovsky.
(d) Eva.

3. Where had Sisovsky's father stayed during the war, according to Olga?
(a) A Gentile friend's bathroom.
(b) In his uncle's garage.
(c) In an attic.
(d) Underneath a house.

4. What does Zuckerman offer Olga for the stories?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. 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?
(a) Fingerprint.
(b) Identification Card.
(c) Dog tag.
(d) Microchip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up writing the reports on Bolotka?

2. Who does Olga tell Zuckerman she slept with last night over breakfast at the hotel?

3. What do the authorities tell Zuckerman he must do after they confiscate the manuscript?

4. Who does Bolotka say hates him when Zuckerman visits his apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Zuckerman goes to meet Oldrich after leaving the hotel?

2. What does Olga tell Zuckerman he wants to gain by getting the manuscript? Why is her situation different?

3. Where does Oldrick Hrobek ask Zuckerman to meet him when he leaves the hotel? Where is Olga?

4. What happened when Blecha was promoted? How did he feel about the promotion?

5. Who does Zuckerman ride to the airport with in the end of the novel? What literary work does he discuss?

6. What symbolic statement does Olga make about freedom in her last meeting with Zuckerman?

7. What story does Olga relate over breakfast about having been taken to an office building by the authorities?

8. What does the Czech student warn Zuckerman of at the hotel?

9. What is the position of Novak? What does he relate about his occupation?

10. When did Bolotka enter university? What was his major? What did he want to change it to?

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