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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olga scribble to Zuckerman on a notepad in his hotel room?
(a) To speak louder.
(b) To shut up.
(c) She wants to leave.
(d) Turn out the lights.

2. Where does Zuckerman fly first when leaving Prague?
(a) St. Petersburg, Russia.
(b) Geneva, Switzerland.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

3. What does Olga say Sisovsky will do with the stories if he gets them?
(a) Publish them in his own name.
(b) Auction them to the highest bidder.
(c) Destroy them.
(d) Return them.

4. What did the university do to Bolotka after he attempted to switch majors?
(a) Returned him to the law school.
(b) Returned him to the medical school.
(c) Gave him an advanced degree.
(d) Kicked him out.

5. Novak says to Zuckerman there is no what about writers in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Credibility.
(d) Truth.

6. What did Bolotka's childhood friend go on to become?
(a) A rock star.
(b) A National Artist.
(c) A homeless bum.
(d) A priest.

7. What kind of suit does Bolotka ask to try on at his apartment?
(a) Suede.
(b) Velvet.
(c) Tweed.
(d) Leather.

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

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

10. What does Zuckerman wonder if it is even that good and if retrieving it is worth the trouble after trying to meet Oldrich Hrobek?
(a) The manuscript.
(b) The drugs.
(c) A painting.
(d) The family heirloom.

11. Why does Olga hate Sisovsky?
(a) He killed her aunt.
(b) He owes her money.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He left her for another woman.

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

13. What did Bolotka's childhood friend drunkenly admit to him one night?
(a) The government paid him to spy on Bolotka.
(b) He is broke.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He stole an ex from him.

14. Novak says the writers that Zuckerman associated with in Prague are what?
(a) Traitors.
(b) Moral deviants.
(c) Losers.
(d) Saints.

15. How did Sisovsky's father die, according to Olga?
(a) A bus accident.
(b) A plane crash.
(c) A motorcycle accident.
(d) A kick from a donkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zuckerman tell Olga he loves about her in his hotel room?

2. What did the officers who took Olga to an office building do to the lights?

3. Who does Olga suggest Sisovsky can live off of when talking with Zuckerman at breakfast?

4. What does Olga tell Zuckerman is the only freedom left in this country?

5. Why does Bolotka ask to try on Zuckerman's suit?

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