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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kovály travel to Prague after reaching the outskirts of the city?
(a) By taxi.
(b) By bicycle.
(c) By row boat.
(d) By streetcar.

2. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?
(a) Favors.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Employment opportunities.
(d) Gifts.

3. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?
(a) They are shut-down.
(b) They are collectivized.
(c) They are unionized.
(d) They were nationalized.

4. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) With hostility.
(b) With affection.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With great deference.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?
(a) Young.
(b) Sickly.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. On one occasion, Kovály discovers the body of an acquaintance covered with what?

2. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?

3. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?

4. What group does Margolius join after the war?

5. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?

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