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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to people who cannot keep up as the camp was evacuated?
(a) They are shot.
(b) They are left to freeze to death.
(c) They are transported in cars.
(d) They are chased by dogs.

3. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The housing authority.
(c) The local resistance.
(d) The Czech Union of Jewish Students.

4. Who is Franz?
(a) A Nazi guard who occasionally lets prisoners escape.
(b) A man Kovály knows from her old neighborhood.
(c) A Nazi guard who gives food to the camp inmates.
(d) A Nazi guard who often acts as executioner.

5. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?
(a) Hanka.
(b) Zuzka.
(c) Andula.
(d) Mana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?

2. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?

3. In which country is the ghetto that Kovály and her family are taken located?

4. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?

5. Surviving the initial selection at Auschwitz, Kovály is assigned what work?

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