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

3. 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.

4. 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 job opportunities abroad.
(d) News about family members who survive the war.

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

6. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?
(a) Illegal immigrants.
(b) Convicted criminals.
(c) The elderly and destitute.
(d) Child workers.

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

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

9. Kovály discovers that the politicians wives are afraid of doing what?
(a) Overhearing political discussions.
(b) Wearing unfashionable clothing.
(c) Anything that could be construed as disloyal to the party.
(d) Leaving their houses after dark.

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

11. 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) Hitler and Stalin.
(c) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.
(d) Lenin and Marx.

12. In addition to Jews, what other group in Kovály's home city are forcibly evacuated from the city?
(a) Roma.
(b) Roman Catholics.
(c) Ukrainians.
(d) Armenians.

13. In which country is the ghetto that Kovály and her family are taken located?
(a) Germany.
(b) Romania.
(c) Poland.
(d) Hungary.

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

15. What is the reality of the Russian government?
(a) It has no real power.
(b) It rules fairly.
(c) It rules with terror.
(d) It rules prosperously.