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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Machova?
(a) Ivan Kovály's teacher.
(b) A friend who looks after Kovály's son.
(c) Kovály's disapproving neighbor.
(d) Kovály's housekeeper.

2. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?
(a) They are marched westward.
(b) They are executed.
(c) They are relocated via train.
(d) They are released.

3. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's acquaintances is shot?
(a) Hanka.
(b) Andula.
(c) Zuzka.
(d) Mana.

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

5. After returning to Prague, Kovály receives a note from Ruda that contains what?
(a) Passwords.
(b) A prayer.
(c) Directions for avoiding the Gestapo.
(d) A bank account number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?

2. What is clear about Communism in Czechoslovakia by the end of 1949?

3. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?

4. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?

5. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?

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