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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?
(a) An execution.
(b) Long roll calls.
(c) Coffee and donuts.
(d) Exercise sessions.

2. Who suggests to Kovály that her apartment might be bugged?
(a) Margolius.
(b) Ruda.
(c) Pavel Eisler.
(d) Mrs. Machova.

3. Which army is said to be advancing westward in late 1944?
(a) The Russian army.
(b) The British army.
(c) The American army.
(d) The Chinese army.

4. How long is a typical workday in the camp?
(a) Twenty hours.
(b) Sixteen hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Eleven hours.

5. In which city does Kovály grow up?
(a) Prague.
(b) Ostrava.
(c) Liberec.
(d) Brno.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Communism takes hold in Czechoslovakia, what does Kovály note about the confessions issued by arrested individuals?

2. Kovály discovers that the politicians wives are afraid of doing what?

3. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?

4. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?

5. Which of Kovály's friends promises absolute assistance under any circumstance?

(see the answer key)

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