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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. In what year is the ghetto liquidated?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1946.

2. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?
(a) It is fortified.
(b) It is partially dismantled.
(c) It is disguised as a factory.
(d) It is burned.

3. Which group does Kovály contact after receiving the note from Ruda?
(a) The housing authority.
(b) The local resistance.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Czech Union of Jewish Students.

4. At the beginning of the book, who does Kovály name as individuals who help shape her life?
(a) Her God-mother and God-father.
(b) Rudolf Margolias and Pavel Kovály.
(c) Hitler and Stalin.
(d) Lenin and Marx.

5. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?
(a) Marta.
(b) Ruda himself.
(c) Mrs. Machova.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. While living in the ghetto, from what does Kovály rescue her invalid cousin?

2. In the ghetto where she is taken, Kovály assists a person of which profession?

3. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?

4. How long is a typical workday in the camp?

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

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