Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
(a) Romani.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Greek.
(d) Italian.

2. For how many months is Kovály hidden by the resistance?
(a) Five months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Two months.

3. What happens to Kovály's cousin days after she rescues him?
(a) He is thrown a surprise party.
(b) He falls into a coma and dies.
(c) He escapes from the ghetto.
(d) He is imprisoned by the Nazis.

4. Which of the following is one place Kovály works during the war?
(a) A brick factory.
(b) A clinic.
(c) An office.
(d) A kitchen.

5. What group does Margolius join after the war?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) Politika 21.
(c) Civic Democratic Party.
(d) The Workers Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Franz?

2. Faced with a bad economy, what do people do a few months before the end of the war?

3. After the end of the war, which one of Kovály's friends gives her a place to stay?

4. In 1941, with whom does Kovály live in the ghetto where she is taken?

5. What group of people does Kovály say many industrialists think comprise the workforces during the war?

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