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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 12, 13, and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) Food.
(b) A bed.
(c) A shopping spree.
(d) Financial support.

2. What is clear about Communism in Czechoslovakia by the end of 1949?
(a) That is would be no different than it was in Russia.
(b) It was incorruptable.
(c) It was more successful than it was in Russia.
(d) It would fail within months.

3. How do many people believe Masaryk dies?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Poison.
(d) Torture.

4. What does Ivan promise his mother when he finally returns from the country?
(a) To support her.
(b) To get revenge for what happened to his father.
(c) To rescue her from Prague.
(d) To clear his father's name.

5. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?
(a) In luxury apartments.
(b) Next door to her family.
(c) In former Jewish neighborhoods.
(d) In the poorest Prague neighborhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers Kovály an apartment where she can stay?

2. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?

3. Who is Jan Masaryk?

4. How does Kovály travel to Prague after reaching the outskirts of the city?

5. Where does Kovály see a mass demonstration in 1948?

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