Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Heda Margolius Kovaly
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Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Heda Margolius Kovaly
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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. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?
(a) Her God parents.
(b) Her family.
(c) A group of girls around her age.
(d) An elderly woman.

2. What do people begin offering Kovály after Margolius accepts a high-ranking government job?
(a) Favors.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Employment opportunities.
(d) Bribes.

3. In 1941, to which ghetto is Kovály and her family taken?
(a) The Lublin Ghetto.
(b) The Lvóv Ghetto.
(c) The Vilna Ghetto.
(d) The Lodz Ghetto.

4. In whose hometown does the escape party dissolve?
(a) Kovály's.
(b) Andula's.
(c) Zuzka's.
(d) Hanka's.

5. In which country is Kovály born?
(a) Romania.
(b) Poland.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Kovály's friends begin to treat her after Margolius accepts his high-ranking government job?

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

3. To what kind of job does an old friend in the country urge Margolius to turn?

4. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kovály realize by attending Communist Party meetings?

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

3. After her husband is arrested, what do state policemen come to her apartment to do?

4. What is life like for Kovály in the ghetto?

5. Who is arrested in November 1951 and how does it affect Margolius?

6. After Margolius' death, why does Kovály worry that she would be arrested?

7. What happens when Nikita Khruschchev came to power in the Soviet Union?

8. What happens to Kovály's family at Auschwitz?

9. What examples of hardships in the ghetto does Kovály describe?

10. How are Kovály and Margolius able to communicate after his arrest?

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