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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 3, 4, and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Eva?
(a) A young and frail camp inmate.
(b) Kovály's cousin.
(c) A Jewish nurse who looks after the inmates.
(d) A camp inmate who is shot for stealing food.

2. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?
(a) A writer.
(b) An artist.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A physician.

3. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
(a) Italian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Greek.
(d) Romani.

4. What is said to happen to people in Prague who harbor fugitives?
(a) They are fined.
(b) They are executed.
(c) They are imprisoned.
(d) They are ostracized.

5. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?
(a) Hanka.
(b) Andula.
(c) Mana.
(d) Zuzka.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country is the ghetto that Kovály and her family are taken located?

2. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?

3. Who offers Kovály an apartment where she can stay?

4. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?

5. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?

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