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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Clementis later be considered?
(a) A hero.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A traitor.
(d) A crackpot.

2. Why does Marketa not feel threatened by Eva?
(a) Because Eva loves Marketa.
(b) Because Eva is not looking for a relationship.
(c) Because Eva is not good looking.
(d) Because Eva freely shares all things.

3. When does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?
(a) She does not write her mother-in-law.
(b) When her mother-in-law's husband dies.
(c) When they need money.
(d) When her mother-in-law begins to write Marketa.

4. What upsets Marketa about her mother-in-law?
(a) That the breakup of the marriage is all Marketa's fault.
(b) That she insists that she come to see her grandson.
(c) That she will not stay in the hotel.
(d) She does not leave on the day Marketa requested.

5. What do Market and Karel tell each other when they move out of his parents' home?
(a) They want to live as far away from his mother as possible.
(b) That it was a nightmare to live there.
(c) That his parents were so kind to let them stay there, they'd like to return the favor someday.
(d) That it was sad they had to move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?

2. What does Mama remember when they are all together?

3. What does Mama start to doubt?

4. To what year does the story next flash forward?

5. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?

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