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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To help haul ammunition, Kovály disguises herself as what?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A man.
(d) A Red Cross worker.

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

3. In 1941, to which ghetto is Kovály and her family taken?
(a) The Lublin Ghetto.
(b) The Lvóv Ghetto.
(c) The Vilna Ghetto.
(d) The Lodz Ghetto.

4. To which camp is Kovály and her family sent when their ghetto is liquidated?
(a) Arbeitsdorf.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Dachau.

5. How long is a typical workday in the camp?
(a) Eleven hours.
(b) Sixteen hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Twenty hours.

6. What supply is said to be scarce and often withheld from the people in the camp?
(a) Toilet paper.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Coal.
(d) Food.

7. On one occasion, Kovály discovers the body of an acquaintance covered with what?
(a) Maggots.
(b) Rats.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Hay.

8. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?
(a) Andula.
(b) Zuzka.
(c) Hanka.
(d) Mana.

9. In 1941, who occupies Kovály's home city?
(a) The Americans.
(b) Nazi Germany.
(c) The Soviets.
(d) The Communist Party.

10. Which army is said to be advancing westward in late 1944?
(a) The American army.
(b) The Chinese army.
(c) The British army.
(d) The Russian army.

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

12. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?
(a) At a synagogue.
(b) Hiding in a train station.
(c) Sitting in a cafe.
(d) At a church.

13. What news arrives for Kovály almost daily after the war?
(a) News about job opportunities abroad.
(b) News about political corruption in the city.
(c) News about family members who survive the war.
(d) News of some friends or family members' war-time demise.

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

15. What is the apartment like that Kovály is assigned?
(a) Tiny.
(b) Rat-infested.
(c) Spacious.
(d) Smelly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?

3. What is the most appealing form of government for the majority of Czechs following the war?

4. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?

5. What does Kovály find out about her friends when she returns to Prague?

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