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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. How is Russia portrayed to the Czech people?
(a) As stable.
(b) As tumultuous.
(c) As a failure.
(d) A paradise.

2. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) With great deference.
(b) With affection.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With hostility.

3. What name does Kovály give her first child?
(a) Jakub.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Adam.
(d) Tomáš.

4. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?
(a) Calm.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Sanitary.
(d) Horrible.

5. What happens to the national borders as 1948 end?
(a) The borders are reopened.
(b) The Soviet Union stations their armies at the borders.
(c) The borders are closed.
(d) The borders are extended.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?

2. What is clear about Communism in Czechoslovakia by the end of 1949?

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

4. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?

5. What position does Margolius secure in the government?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kovály discover happened with Margolius' remains?

2. What do the Nazis do as the Russian army advance westward?

3. What is Kovály's last meeting with Margolius like?

4. Why is Communism appealing to the Czech people after the war?

5. What does Kovály realize by attending Communist Party meetings?

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

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

8. Where is Kovály's family when the Soviet occupation occurred?

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

10. After May 5th, 1945, what does Kovály observe in the final hours of the fight against the Germans?

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