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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 form of government does Franta want Czechoslovakia to have?
(a) A democratic one.
(b) An absolute monarchy.
(c) A Communist one.
(d) A Feudalist one.

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

3. What happens to people who cannot keep up as the camp was evacuated?
(a) They are chased by dogs.
(b) They are transported in cars.
(c) They are left to freeze to death.
(d) They are shot.

4. Who is Jan Masaryk?
(a) Deputy Minister of National Defense.
(b) The Foreign Minister.
(c) Regional Party Secretary.
(d) Margolius' assistant.

5. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The local resistance.
(c) The housing authority.
(d) The Czech Union of Jewish Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?

2. Surviving the initial selection at Auschwitz, Kovály is assigned what work?

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

4. Which area does the escaped women enter after leaving Nazi Germany?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What complaint does Marta have about Vlada when Kovály met her?

2. After Margolius' arrest, what contributed to Kovály's bad health?

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

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

5. What minor miracle does Bartos achieve for Kovály which enabled her to visit a hospital?

6. What response does Kovály get when she asks her friends in Prague for help?

7. What happens in Czechoslovakia as 1948 drew to a close?

8. What does Kovály notice about the confessions issued by people arrested by the Communists?

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

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

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