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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?
(a) Zuzka's.
(b) Andula's.
(c) Kovály's.
(d) Hanka's.

2. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Rudolf Margolius.
(c) Vlada.
(d) The local Rabbi.

3. What does Kovály want to focus on besides getting involved with the Communist Party?
(a) Fighting for democracy.
(b) Having a family.
(c) Rebuilding Prague.
(d) Emigrating to America.

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

5. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?
(a) Children playing.
(b) A dead SS Soldier.
(c) Flowers in bloom.
(d) Nazi propaganda posters being torn down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Kovály's mother on arrival at the concentration camp?

2. What does Kovály find out about her friends when she returns to Prague?

3. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?

4. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?

5. Which of Kovály's friends also returns with Franta?

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