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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 12, 13, and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group does Margolius join after the war?
(a) The Workers Party.
(b) Politika 21.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) Civic Democratic Party.

2. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?
(a) They are imprisoned.
(b) They are ostracized.
(c) They are executed.
(d) They are fined.

3. What happens to Kovály's mother on arrival at the concentration camp?
(a) She is assigned factory work.
(b) She is gassed.
(c) She is redirected to another camp.
(d) She is shot.

4. What is the reality of the Russian government?
(a) It rules fairly.
(b) It has no real power.
(c) It rules prosperously.
(d) It rules with terror.

5. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
(a) Italian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Romani.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?

2. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?

3. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?

4. Where does Kovály have her last meeting with Margolius?

5. Which of the following does not describe the political gatherings Kovály attended with her husband?

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