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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Franz treat Eva at the camp?
(a) He is physically abusive.
(b) He is verbally abusive.
(c) He treats her with fatherly concern.
(d) He treats her like a friend.

2. Why does Margolius accept a high-ranking government job?
(a) So that he will have more power to make changes.
(b) To get a pay raise.
(c) To impress his neighbors.
(d) He is forced to do so.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Employment opportunities.
(d) Favors.

9. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's acquaintances is shot?
(a) Hanka.
(b) Mana.
(c) Zuzka.
(d) Andula.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who offers Kovály an apartment where she can stay?

3. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?

4. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?

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

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