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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?
(a) They are executed.
(b) They are marched westward.
(c) They are relocated via train.
(d) They are released.

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

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

4. What happens to the national borders as 1948 end?
(a) The Soviet Union stations their armies at the borders.
(b) The borders are reopened.
(c) The borders are closed.
(d) The borders are extended.

5. How do many people believe Masaryk dies?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Torture.
(d) Poison.

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

7. While living in the ghetto, from what does Kovály rescue her invalid cousin?
(a) A Nazi officer.
(b) A fire.
(c) A rabid dog.
(d) A loan shark.

8. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?
(a) A group of girls around her age.
(b) Her God parents.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) Her family.

9. What is the most appealing form of government for the majority of Czechs following the war?
(a) Communism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Monarchy.

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

11. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Strong.
(d) Young.

12. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Calm.
(d) Sanitary.

13. Where does the Margolius family move after Rudolf accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) A better part of Prague.
(b) To the Soviet Union.
(c) To America.
(d) To Ostrava.

14. How is Russia portrayed to the Czech people?
(a) As tumultuous.
(b) As a failure.
(c) As stable.
(d) A paradise.

15. For what does Franta seek forgiveness from Kovály?
(a) For taking some of her money.
(b) For turning her away when she needs help.
(c) For turning her in to the Gestapo.
(d) For not being able to get her an apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jan Masaryk?

2. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?

3. While party officials publicly extol the virtues of proletariat work, what is going on in secret among government officials?

4. Which army is said to be advancing westward in late 1944?

5. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?

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