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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which area does the escaped women enter after leaving Nazi Germany?
(a) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Austria.
(d) Poland.

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

5. Which of Kovály's friends also returns with Franta?
(a) Vlada.
(b) Andula.
(c) Mrs. Machova.
(d) Zdenek.

6. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?
(a) Ruda himself.
(b) A police officer.
(c) Marta.
(d) Mrs. Machova.

7. After the end of the war, which one of Kovály's friends gives her a place to stay?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Zdena.
(c) None of them.
(d) Jenda.

8. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?
(a) It is burned.
(b) It is partially dismantled.
(c) It is disguised as a factory.
(d) It is fortified.

9. What happens to Kovály's mother on arrival at the concentration camp?
(a) She is assigned factory work.
(b) She is gassed.
(c) She is redirected to another camp.
(d) She is shot.

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

11. What position does Margolius secure in the government?
(a) Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade.
(b) General Secretary.
(c) Finance Minister.
(d) Deputy Minister of State Security.

12. Who is Jan Masaryk?
(a) Regional Party Secretary.
(b) Margolius' assistant.
(c) Deputy Minister of National Defense.
(d) The Foreign Minister.

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

14. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?
(a) Her God-mother and God-father.
(b) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.
(c) Hitler and Stalin.
(d) Lenin and Marx.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Kovály give her first child?

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

3. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?

4. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?

5. To what kind of job does an old friend in the country urge Margolius to turn?

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