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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. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A notary public's.
(b) A doctor's.
(c) A lawyer's.
(d) The Communist Party's.

2. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?
(a) A barn.
(b) A country inn.
(c) A train station.
(d) A farmer's field.

3. What happens when family associates and friends hear about Margolius' arrest?
(a) They stage a protest.
(b) They arrange a lawyer for Margolius.
(c) They sever all relations to Kovály.
(d) They send food and money to Kovály.

4. What supply is said to be scarce and often withheld from the people in the camp?
(a) Toilet paper.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Food.
(d) Coal.

5. On one occasion, Kovály discovers the body of an acquaintance covered with what?
(a) Rats.
(b) Hay.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which area does the escaped women enter after leaving Nazi Germany?

2. In which country is Kovály born?

3. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?

4. At what point does the staff at the hospital Kovály is admitted to stop giving her good treatment?

5. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?

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