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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. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An artist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A physician.

2. Who offers Kovály an apartment where she can stay?
(a) Rudolf Margolius.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) Ruda.
(d) Mrs. Machova.

3. In what year does Kovály's have a baby?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1950.

4. Who is Eva?
(a) A young and frail camp inmate.
(b) Kovály's cousin.
(c) A camp inmate who is shot for stealing food.
(d) A Jewish nurse who looks after the inmates.

5. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?
(a) She is awarded it in a lottery.
(b) She lies about her identity.
(c) She moves into the housing authority's offices.
(d) She waits patiently until one comes available.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which camp is Kovály and her family sent when their ghetto is liquidated?

2. What happens to people who cannot keep up as the camp was evacuated?

3. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?

4. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?

5. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Margolius and Kovály attend in 1950, and who greeted them there?

2. By the time Margolius is arrested, how many citizens in total had been taken into custody, and what often happened to the families of arrested individuals?

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

4. Why is Kovály summoned before a Party committee in 1963?

5. What happens as Kovály and her friends make their escape from the barn where the camp inmates are staying?

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

7. What happens when the Lodz Ghetto is liquidated?

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

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

10. How are Kovály and Margolius able to communicate after his arrest?

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