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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kovály find has happened to Margolius' ashes?
(a) They are dumped into a lake.
(b) They are buried in a mass grave.
(c) They are mixed into asphalt to pave a road.
(d) His ashes are spread on an icy roadway.

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

3. What happens in Prague on May 5th, 1945?
(a) Kovály is discovered and taken into custody.
(b) A great fire destroys much of Prague.
(c) Kovály gives birth to her first child.
(d) An uprising against the Nazis in Czechoslovakia.

4. What ailment does Kovály develop as a result of her poor living and work conditions?
(a) A chronic cough.
(b) An intense pain.
(c) A stomach ulcer.
(d) Malnutrition.

5. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?
(a) They build road blocks.
(b) They search public records to identify returnees eligible for free housing.
(c) They are incapable of dealing with the confusion.
(d) They embrace the return.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kovály discovers that the politicians wives are afraid of doing what?

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

3. How does Margolius feel about his work for the Communist Party?

4. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?

5. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?

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