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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would one have to do in order to buy anything?
(a) Go to a central city market.
(b) Order via catalogue.
(c) Wait in long lines.
(d) File a request with local authorities.

2. Why do guards stop Kovály at the border when she tries to leave Czechoslovakia?
(a) No one is allowed to cross the borders.
(b) Her photograph does not resemble her aged face.
(c) She is a wanted fugitive.
(d) She does not have the right paperwork.

3. What ailment does Kovály develop as a result of her poor living and work conditions?
(a) A chronic cough.
(b) An intense pain.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) A stomach ulcer.

4. What does Ivan promise his mother when he finally returns from the country?
(a) To clear his father's name.
(b) To support her.
(c) To get revenge for what happened to his father.
(d) To rescue her from Prague.

5. What is the meaning of the 'S' stamped on Margolius' case file?
(a) His arrest is associated with Slánský's arrest.
(b) That his arrest relates to state security.
(c) It indicates that the Soviet Union requested his arrest.
(d) It indicates that he is Jewish.

6. In the spring of 1968, what becomes politically common?
(a) Mass demonstrations.
(b) Voting.
(c) Personnel changes.
(d) Strikes.

7. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Forty-six.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Thirty-nine.

8. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?
(a) As peaceful and calm.
(b) As unnerving.
(c) As hostile as it had been during the Nazi occupation.
(d) As having an air of freedom.

9. What does Kovály find has happened to Margolius' ashes?
(a) They are buried in a mass grave.
(b) They are dumped into a lake.
(c) They are mixed into asphalt to pave a road.
(d) His ashes are spread on an icy roadway.

10. What work does Pavel Kovály find for Kovály after she loses her work-at-home job?
(a) An office assistant job.
(b) A position at a shoe store.
(c) Freelance art work.
(d) Translation work.

11. Where does Kovály find a job in order to support herself and Ivan?
(a) At a print shop.
(b) At a factory.
(c) At a dairy.
(d) At a nursery school.

12. What happens economically in Czechoslovakia as Communism takes hold?
(a) The economy booms.
(b) The economy slows to a crawl.
(c) The economy grows by fifty percent.
(d) Economic activity returns to its pre-war levels.

13. Where does Kovály have her last meeting with Margolius?
(a) At the Communist Party headquarters.
(b) At a prison.
(c) At a courthouse.
(d) At their apartment.

14. in 1968, who amasses military forces along the Czech borders?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) The Soviet Union.

15. After her illness, what does Kovály do to prepare to reenter the outside world?
(a) Kovály devotes herself to Communism.
(b) Kovály learns to speak Russian.
(c) Kovály dyes her clothing black.
(d) Kovály writes letters to long-lost friends and family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is listed Margolius' official cause of death?

2. What kind of feeling is said to have pervaded Prague in 1968?

3. During the summer of 1953, Kovály volunteers to help with what?

4. Who greets Kovály and Margolius at the anniversary celebration?

5. Who is Dr. Bartos?

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