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

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

3. Where does the Margolius family move after Rudolf accepts his high-ranking government job?
(a) A better part of Prague.
(b) To Ostrava.
(c) To America.
(d) To the Soviet Union.

4. Who moves into Kovály's apartment with her?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Marta.
(c) A young Jewish woman.
(d) Margolius.

5. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Nine months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kovály realize some important Communist officers live?

2. What position does Margolius secure in the government?

3. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?

4. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?

5. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kovály keep up to date with Margolius' trial when she is in the hospital?

2. At the beginning of the book, what does Kovály say shapes her life?

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

4. What is life like for Kovály as a slave laborer at Auschwitz?

5. Why do Kovály and her friends decide to try to escape the camp guards?

6. Describe the mass meeting Kovály attended in 1967.

7. What does Kovály do during her five months being hidden by the resistance?

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

9. What happens in Prague in October of 1941?

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

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