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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without work to do, what is said that people do all day?
(a) Riot.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Volunteer work.
(d) Argue about politics.

2. In 1947 and early 1948, from what does Kovály isolate herself?
(a) Her son.
(b) Political discussions.
(c) The outside world.
(d) Her friends.

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

4. What does Kovály find out about her friends when she returns to Prague?
(a) They notify the Gestapo of her return.
(b) They are terrified of being seen with her.
(c) They are gone.
(d) They pool their money and prepare a place for her to stay.

5. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?
(a) Zuzka.
(b) Hanka.
(c) Andula.
(d) Mana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Margolius secure in the government?

2. Where does the Margolius family move after Rudolf accepts his high-ranking government job?

3. While living in the ghetto, from what does Kovály rescue her invalid cousin?

4. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?

5. What does Kovály see while walking by a river that brings the war to a personal conclusion?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Margolius' death, why does Kovály worry that she would be arrested?

2. What is contained in the note that Ruda sends Kovály after she settles in his apartment?

3. What treatment does Kovály receive following Margolius' arrest?

4. How is Kovály treated differently at the hospital when it became known that her husband had been arrested?

5. What happens to Kovály's family at Auschwitz?

6. What does Margolius have to say in his court statements?

7. What happens when Czec soldiers will not let Kovaly leave becuase she does not have the correct paperwork?

8. How does Kovály get back to Prague?

9. What does Kovály say many industrialists are unaware of during the war?

10. What happens economically in Prague shortly after the war's end?

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