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

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

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

4. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?
(a) Hiding in a train station.
(b) Sitting in a cafe.
(c) At a church.
(d) At a synagogue.

5. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?
(a) Her God-mother and God-father.
(b) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.
(c) Hitler and Stalin.
(d) Lenin and Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?

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

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

4. Who is Eva?

5. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?

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