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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of Kovály's friends offer her when she visits?
(a) Food.
(b) A bed.
(c) A shopping spree.
(d) Financial support.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Kovály when she arrives at the camp?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Strong.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Young.

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

4. What does Kovály want to focus on besides getting involved with the Communist Party?
(a) Fighting for democracy.
(b) Having a family.
(c) Emigrating to America.
(d) Rebuilding Prague.

5. How does Kovály travel to Prague after reaching the outskirts of the city?
(a) By bicycle.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By streetcar.
(d) By row boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Kovály's camp as the allied forces advance upon it?

2. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?

3. Which of Kovály's friends also returns with Franta?

4. What happens to the people who are staying in Auschwitz as the allied forces advance?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought the war to a conclusion for Kovály personally?

2. Describe what occurrs in Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1968.

3. How does Kovály get back to Prague?

4. What happens as Kovály and her friends make their escape from the barn where the camp inmates are staying?

5. How does Kovály describe the feeling in Prague by the middle of 1951?

6. After Margolius' arrest, what contributed to Kovály's bad health?

7. What does Kovály do during her five months being hidden by the resistance?

8. What is life like for Kovály as a slave laborer at Auschwitz?

9. Describe Kovály's difficulties in obtaining a death certificate for Margolius.

10. How does Kovály secure herself an apartment following the war?

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