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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Thirty-four.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Thirty-nine.

3. Which area does the escaped women enter after leaving Nazi Germany?
(a) Austria.
(b) Romania.
(c) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
(d) Poland.

4. Who greets Kovály and Margolius at the anniversary celebration?
(a) Klement Gottwald.
(b) Tomáš Masaryk.
(c) Josef Frank.
(d) Rudolf Slánský.

5. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?
(a) The housing authority.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Czech Union of Jewish Students.
(d) The local resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do guards stop Kovály at the border when she tries to leave Czechoslovakia?

2. When Margolias' trial begins, how long has it been since his arrest?

3. Months after Margolius' arrest, why does the Communist Party send a team to Kovály's apartment?

4. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?

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

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