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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. On one occasion, Kovály discovers the body of an acquaintance covered with what?
(a) Maggots.
(b) Rats.
(c) Hay.
(d) Blankets.

2. In addition to Jews, what other group in Kovály's home city are forcibly evacuated from the city?
(a) Armenians.
(b) Roman Catholics.
(c) Ukrainians.
(d) Roma.

3. What happens in Prague on May 5th, 1945?
(a) Kovály gives birth to her first child.
(b) A great fire destroys much of Prague.
(c) Kovály is discovered and taken into custody.
(d) An uprising against the Nazis in Czechoslovakia.

4. Which of Kovály's friends promises absolute assistance under any circumstance?
(a) Franta.
(b) Jenda.
(c) Marta.
(d) Heda.

5. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?
(a) They hide in the back of an army truck.
(b) They receive help from a Greman officer.
(c) They sneak across a border checkpoint.
(d) They follow a river out of Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?

4. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?

5. In 1947 and early 1948, from what does Kovály isolate herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does an old friend in the country encourage Margolius to do?

3. What is said to have been the main topic of discussion for out of work Czechs after the war?

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

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

6. What happens to the people who return to Prague from concentration camps after the war?

7. Following her meeting with the Party committee in 1963, what does Kovály make efforts to have done?

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

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

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

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