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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?
(a) Left them off.
(b) Left them on.
(c) Turned them on bright.
(d) Flashed them in warning.

2. Who does Zuckerman go to meet after attempting to meet Oldrich Hrobek with no success?
(a) Antonín.
(b) Frantisek.
(c) Bolotka.
(d) Jaroslav.

3. Who does Zuckerman offer to marry Olga to in negotiating the manuscript?
(a) Oldrich Hrobek.
(b) Sisovsky.
(c) A friend of his.
(d) Himself.

4. Why does Bolotka ask to try on Zuckerman's suit?
(a) To see if it fits him.
(b) To feel like a rich American writer.
(c) It was his father's.
(d) His favorite designer made it.

5. Why does Olga leave to go to the bathroom at breakfast at the hotel?
(a) To smoke a cigarette.
(b) To escape through the window.
(c) To make a phone call.
(d) To throw up.

6. What does Olga suggest Zuckerman do to show the authorities he is not afraid at breakfast?
(a) Order his coffee black.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Smoke a cigar.
(d) Order dessert.

7. What refers to a tea with plum brandy commonly drunk in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Black tea.
(b) Oolong tea.
(c) Slivovitz-larded tea.
(d) Red tea.

8. Blecha is terrible at what?
(a) Writing.
(b) Sex.
(c) Reading.
(d) Math.

9. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is not his strong point at his hotel?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Attractiveness.
(d) Prudence.

10. Why does Olga ask to switch tables at the hotel dining room?
(a) It is not by the window.
(b) She thinks this one is bugged.
(c) The table is dirty.
(d) It is by the door.

11. Who ends up writing the reports on Bolotka?
(a) Blecha.
(b) Oldrich.
(c) Jaroslav.
(d) Bolotka.

12. Who does Olga claim wants to be a hero to the Jews?
(a) Eva.
(b) Oldrich Hrobek.
(c) Zuckerman.
(d) Sisovsky.

13. In what language is the manuscript of Sisovksy's father written?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Polish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Hebrew.

14. What is Bolotka's apartment like?
(a) A castle.
(b) Extravagant.
(c) Dingy.
(d) Tidy.

15. What major did Bolotka want to change to while at the university?
(a) Law.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Fine Arts.
(d) Accounting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he has come to Prague to get at breakfast?

2. What does Olga give Zuckerman the manuscript wrapped in?

3. What does Zuckerman smoke over breakfast when dining with Olga?

4. What arrives to take Zuckerman to the airport after the manuscript is confiscated?

5. Within how much time after leaving Olga do the authorities confiscate the manuscript?

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