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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?
(a) At a dairy.
(b) At a nursery school.
(c) At a print shop.
(d) At a factory.

2. Who dies just six months after Margolius' death?
(a) Pavel Eisler.
(b) Ivan Kovály.
(c) Rudolf Slánský.
(d) Stalin.

3. Where is Ivan living at the time of the 1960s occupation of Czechoslovakia?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) Austria.
(d) Canada.

4. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?
(a) A notary public's.
(b) A doctor's.
(c) A lawyer's.
(d) The Communist Party's.

5. Where does Kovály have her last meeting with Margolius?
(a) At the Communist Party headquarters.
(b) At a prison.
(c) At their apartment.
(d) At a courthouse.

6. Where do the Koválys move after they marry?
(a) To America.
(b) To the attic of a friend's house.
(c) To a small apartment in another city.
(d) To live with his mother.

7. In 1967, public sentiment shifts away from what?
(a) Equal rights for women.
(b) Spending money on rebuilding Prague.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) Democratic ideals.

8. At what point does the staff at the hospital Kovály is admitted to stop giving her good treatment?
(a) When it becomes clear she has no money.
(b) When they find out her husband has been arrested.
(c) After Kovály loses her temper with a nurse.
(d) When the hospital becomes over-crowded with patients.

9. What work-at-home job does Kovály find after Margolius' death?
(a) Stuffing envelopes.
(b) Painting figurines.
(c) Weaving scarves.
(d) Assembling slippers.

10. By the time Margolius is arrested, about how many other citizens had been arrested?
(a) Fifty thousand.
(b) Seven hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

11. How is Kovály able to communicate with Margolius after his arrest?
(a) Via a monthly telegram.
(b) Once a month, via a letter.
(c) By visiting him every other day.
(d) Over weekly telephone calls.

12. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?
(a) Remarry.
(b) Leave Czechoslovakia.
(c) Help his escape.
(d) Forget she ever knew him.

13. As Communism takes hold in Czechoslovakia, what does Kovály note about the confessions issued by arrested individuals?
(a) They are full of Party verbiage.
(b) They are sarcastic.
(c) They are read in Russian.
(d) They are heart-wrenching

14. Months after Margolius' arrest, why does the Communist Party send a team to Kovály's apartment?
(a) To arrest Kovály.
(b) To seize documents.
(c) To confiscate her money.
(d) To catalogue her possessions.

15. After Margolius' verdict is announced, who arranges for Ivan to stay in the country a bit longer?
(a) Merenka.
(b) Pavel Eisner.
(c) Mrs. Machova.
(d) Pavel Kovály.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Party tell Kovály they refused to do in regards to Margolius?

2. Who comes to power in 1956?

3. What ailment does Kovály develop as a result of her poor living and work conditions?

4. What is listed Margolius' official cause of death?

5. How does Kovály leave Prague after the news of the new governments accession?

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