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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what do workdays in the camp typically begin and end?
(a) Coffee and donuts.
(b) Exercise sessions.
(c) An execution.
(d) Long roll calls.

2. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?
(a) A barn.
(b) A farmer's field.
(c) A country inn.
(d) A train station.

3. Who moves into Kovály's apartment with her?
(a) Margolius.
(b) Auntie.
(c) Marta.
(d) A young Jewish woman.

4. What is the reality of the Russian government?
(a) It rules prosperously.
(b) It has no real power.
(c) It rules with terror.
(d) It rules fairly.

5. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Writing to friends abroad.
(c) Reading magazines.
(d) Studying art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?

2. While attempting to escape, which of Kovály's group momentarily pleads with the others to go back?

3. What are the living conditions in the ghetto?

4. How does Kovály get herself an apartment after the end of the war?

5. Who is Franz?

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