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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Machova?
(a) Ivan Kovály's teacher.
(b) Kovály's housekeeper.
(c) A friend who looks after Kovály's son.
(d) Kovály's disapproving neighbor.

2. What does Pavel Kovály find for the apartment Kovály moves to after Margolius' death?
(a) A stove.
(b) An icebox.
(c) A mattress.
(d) A radio.

3. What happens to the national borders as 1948 end?
(a) The borders are reopened.
(b) The Soviet Union stations their armies at the borders.
(c) The borders are extended.
(d) The borders are closed.

4. In 1947 and early 1948, from what does Kovály isolate herself?
(a) Political discussions.
(b) The outside world.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her friends.

5. Which of Kovály's friends promises absolute assistance under any circumstance?
(a) Franta.
(b) Heda.
(c) Marta.
(d) Jenda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police seize from the Margolius' apartment?

2. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?

3. In addition to Jews, what other group in Kovály's home city are forcibly evacuated from the city?

4. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?

5. Who is Franz?

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