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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the Iron Curtain falls on Czechoslovakia, what happens to the media?
(a) The media focuses on feel-good stories.
(b) The media becomes controlled by the State.
(c) The media only reports Russian news.
(d) The media disappears.

2. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?
(a) They are executed.
(b) They are marched westward.
(c) They are released.
(d) They are relocated via train.

3. In 1967, public sentiment shifts away from what?
(a) Equal rights for women.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) Democratic ideals.
(d) Spending money on rebuilding Prague.

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

5. After wandering Prague looking for help, where does Kovály find herself doubting her faith in God?
(a) At a church.
(b) Hiding in a train station.
(c) At a synagogue.
(d) Sitting in a cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the end of the war, how do the Prague civil authorities handle the return of concentration camp prisoners?

2. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály wish she could go outside to do?

3. After the change of power in 1956, what does The Party admit in regards to the confessions of political prisoners?

4. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?

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

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