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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Russia portrayed to the Czech people?
(a) As a failure.
(b) As tumultuous.
(c) A paradise.
(d) As stable.

2. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?
(a) A clinic.
(b) A brick factory.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) An office.

3. What is Pavel Kovály said to have had no interest in?
(a) Making money.
(b) Party politics.
(c) Other people.
(d) Czech independence.

4. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Studying art.
(c) Writing to friends abroad.
(d) Reading magazines.

5. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?
(a) She moves into the housing authority's offices.
(b) She lies about her identity.
(c) She is awarded it in a lottery.
(d) She waits patiently until one comes available.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?

2. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?

3. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?

4. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?

5. What position does Margolius secure in the government?

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