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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. This is the only Jewish person Kovály knew before the war who returns to Prague?
(a) Vlada.
(b) The local Rabbi.
(c) Rudolf Margolius.
(d) Her aunt.

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

3. After the end of the war, which one of Kovály's friends gives her a place to stay?
(a) Auntie.
(b) None of them.
(c) Jenda.
(d) Zdena.

4. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?
(a) Long roll calls.
(b) Coffee and donuts.
(c) An execution.
(d) Exercise sessions.

5. Which army is said to be advancing westward in late 1944?
(a) The American army.
(b) The Chinese army.
(c) The British army.
(d) The Russian army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?

3. To help haul ammunition, Kovály disguises herself as what?

4. How does Franz treat Eva at the camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Machova intervene when the Communists sent a team in to catalogue Kovály's possessions for later seizure?

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

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

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

7. How does Kovály secure herself an apartment following the war?

8. Describe Kovály's difficulties in obtaining a death certificate for Margolius.

9. What is life like for Kovály in the ghetto?

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

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