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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 45-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sisovsky say he wrote to Zuckerman?
(a) He is related to him.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He idolizes him.
(d) He read about him.

2. When was the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

3. What Czech writer does Zuckerman meet in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Damek Sisovsky.
(b) Zdenek Sisovsky.
(c) Zdenek Kafka.
(d) Damek Kafka.

4. Recently, Bolotka's childhood friend met him at a bar and suggested he could help him with what?
(a) Money troubles.
(b) The mafia.
(c) His love life.
(d) The authorities.

5. Why did a Gestapo officer favor Sisovsky's father?
(a) He was attractive.
(b) He was a hockey player.
(c) He was wealthy.
(d) He was a chess champion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river flows through Prague?

2. Why does Olga ask to switch tables at the hotel dining room?

3. How is Sisovsky connected to Judaism?

4. What did the Czech people hate Eva for?

5. Olga is married to whom?

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