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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After finding a place to stay, what immediately happens to Kovály?
(a) She is visited by a former classmate.
(b) She is sent new clothes and a small amount of money.
(c) She is arrested.
(d) She collapses with a fever.

2. In 1947 and early 1948, from what does Kovály isolate herself?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her friends.
(c) The outside world.
(d) Political discussions.

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

4. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?
(a) A writer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An artist.
(d) A physician.

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

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

7. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?
(a) Reading magazines.
(b) Writing to friends abroad.
(c) Listening to the radio.
(d) Studying art.

8. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?
(a) They are collectivized.
(b) They are unionized.
(c) They are shut-down.
(d) They were nationalized.

9. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?
(a) Children playing.
(b) Flowers in bloom.
(c) Nazi propaganda posters being torn down.
(d) A dead SS Soldier.

10. Which of the following does not describe the political gatherings Kovály attended with her husband?
(a) Tedious.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Artificial.
(d) Constrained.

11. Who is Franz?
(a) A Nazi guard who gives food to the camp inmates.
(b) A Nazi guard who often acts as executioner.
(c) A man Kovály knows from her old neighborhood.
(d) A Nazi guard who occasionally lets prisoners escape.

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

13. What happens to people who cannot keep up as the camp was evacuated?
(a) They are shot.
(b) They are left to freeze to death.
(c) They are chased by dogs.
(d) They are transported in cars.

14. Who offers Kovály an apartment where she can stay?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) Ruda.
(c) Rudolf Margolius.
(d) Mrs. Machova.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Kovály's mother on arrival at the concentration camp?

2. What supply is said to be scarce and often withheld from the people in the camp?

3. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?

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

5. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?

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