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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who greets Kovály at Ruda's home?
2. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?
3. Where are the camp inmates staying when Kovály and her acquaintances decide to escape?
4. Which of the following does the owner of the publishers NOT instruct Kovály about?
5. How does Kovály travel to Prague after reaching the outskirts of the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the beginning of the book, what does Kovály say shapes her life?
2. How does Kovály get back to Prague?
3. What happens economically in the spring of 1953?
4. What happens as Kovály and her friends make their escape from the barn where the camp inmates are staying?
5. Describe Kovály's difficulties in obtaining a death certificate for Margolius.
6. How is Kovály treated differently at the hospital when it became known that her husband had been arrested?
7. How does Kovály keep up to date with Margolius' trial when she is in the hospital?
8. What does Kovály remember about a Nazi guard named Franz?
9. What response does Kovály get when she asks her friends in Prague for help?
10. What happens to the people who return to Prague from concentration camps after the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the struggles that Kovály faces. How does she overcome these obstacles? Are the struggles similar to others in Czechoslovakia? If not, why is she experiencing them?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author of "Under A Cruel Star," Heda Margolius Kovály. What does the reader learn about Kovály by reading this book? What are her defining characteristics and how do these characteristics help her throughout her life? Why is her life worth reading about?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the genre of "Under A Cruel Star." What elements can be found within its pages to suggest it is an example of this genre?
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