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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) With great deference.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With affection.
(d) With indifference.

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

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

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

7. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?
(a) Pawn their possessions.
(b) Take all their money from the banks.
(c) Loot and riot.
(d) Hoard.

8. Which army reaches Prague in May 1945?
(a) The Canadian army.
(b) The Russian army.
(c) The American army.
(d) The Romanian army.

9. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?
(a) Two months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

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

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

12. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?
(a) Hanka's.
(b) Andula's.
(c) Kovály's.
(d) Zuzka's.

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

14. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) Food.
(b) Financial support.
(c) A shopping spree.
(d) A bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Franz?

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

3. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?

4. How does Franz treat Eva at the camp?

5. In which city does Kovály grow up?

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