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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kovály travel to Prague after reaching the outskirts of the city?
(a) By bicycle.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By row boat.
(d) By streetcar.

2. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?
(a) She lies about her identity.
(b) She moves into the housing authority's offices.
(c) She is awarded it in a lottery.
(d) She waits patiently until one comes available.

3. In which country is Kovály born?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Romania.

4. What does Kovály want to focus on besides getting involved with the Communist Party?
(a) Fighting for democracy.
(b) Rebuilding Prague.
(c) Having a family.
(d) Emigrating to America.

5. Which of Kovály's friends promises absolute assistance under any circumstance?
(a) Jenda.
(b) Heda.
(c) Marta.
(d) Franta.

6. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?
(a) They follow a river out of Germany.
(b) They hide in the back of an army truck.
(c) They receive help from a Greman officer.
(d) They sneak across a border checkpoint.

7. To what kind of job does an old friend in the country urge Margolius to turn?
(a) A farming job.
(b) A factory job.
(c) A teaching job.
(d) A banking job.

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

9. Who is Mrs. Machova?
(a) Kovály's housekeeper.
(b) A friend who looks after Kovály's son.
(c) Kovály's disapproving neighbor.
(d) Ivan Kovály's teacher.

10. 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 are incapable of dealing with the confusion.
(c) They embrace the return.
(d) They search public records to identify returnees eligible for free housing.

11. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?
(a) Rudolf Margolius.
(b) Vlada.
(c) The local Rabbi.
(d) Her aunt.

12. Which of the following does the owner of the publishers NOT instruct Kovály about?
(a) History.
(b) Prague.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

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

14. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály wish she could go outside to do?
(a) Enjoy the springtime.
(b) Plant flowers.
(c) Visit the library.
(d) Visit with friends.

15. What name does Kovály give her first child?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Tomáš.
(c) Jakub.
(d) Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kovály's ethnic background?

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

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

4. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?

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

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