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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Eva?
(a) A young and frail camp inmate.
(b) A Jewish nurse who looks after the inmates.
(c) A camp inmate who is shot for stealing food.
(d) Kovály's cousin.

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

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

5. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?
(a) In luxury apartments.
(b) In the poorest Prague neighborhoods.
(c) In former Jewish neighborhoods.
(d) Next door to her family.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where does Kovály see a mass demonstration in 1948?
(a) St. Wenceslas Square.
(b) The Old New Synagogue.
(c) The Lesser Quarter.
(d) The Písek Gate.

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

13. How do many people believe Masaryk dies?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Torture.
(d) Poison.

14. What group does Margolius join after the war?
(a) Politika 21.
(b) Civic Democratic Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Workers Party.

15. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?
(a) Strong.
(b) Young.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Sickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?

2. How long is a typical workday in the camp?

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

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

5. In which city does Kovály grow up?

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