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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 happens to many of the people who return to Prague from the concentration camps?
(a) They are returned to their homes.
(b) They are given free housing outside of Prague.
(c) They are turned to the streets.
(d) They are imprisoned.

2. In which country is the ghetto that Kovály and her family are taken located?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Romania.

3. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) A shopping spree.
(b) Financial support.
(c) Food.
(d) A bed.

4. While party officials publicly extol the virtues of proletariat work, what is going on in secret among government officials?
(a) Planning to create job opportunities.
(b) Military lotting to declare war on the Soviet Union.
(c) Volunteer work.
(d) Widespread corruption.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?

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

3. What ailment does Kovály develop as a result of her poor living and work conditions?

4. To help haul ammunition, Kovály disguises herself as what?

5. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?

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