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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (page 96 to page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marco Polo call cowrie beads?
(a) Porcelain buttons.
(b) Porcelain shells.
(c) Pigs' backs.
(d) Pork ears.

2. What does the narrator feel in the young people they pass?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Depression.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Optimism.

3. What does Marta drink at breakfast?
(a) Beer.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Grog.
(d) Tokay.

4. What famous event is almost a year away?
(a) The Velvet Revolution.
(b) The Hungarian Uprising.
(c) The Witches' Hour.
(d) Prague Spring.

5. What does the boy do when the blonde woman touches him?
(a) Frowns.
(b) Shudders.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Giggles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Utz mumble loud enough for the blonde woman to hear?

2. In what country does Utz say he still had money?

3. Where did Utz's grandmother live?

4. Who does Utz think about alone in his apartment?

5. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?

(see the answer key)

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