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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. What happens to many smaller companies as 1948 comes to an end?
2. How are the escaped women able to cross the border out of Nazi Germany?
3. Where does the Margolius family move after Rudolf accepts his high-ranking government job?
4. What is Kovály's ethnic background?
5. During her time in hiding, what does Kovály spend a lot of her time doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Czechoslovakian economy like around 1950-51?
2. What minor miracle does Bartos achieve for Kovály which enabled her to visit a hospital?
3. By the time Margolius is arrested, how many citizens in total had been taken into custody, and what often happened to the families of arrested individuals?
4. What is life like for Kovály as a slave laborer at Auschwitz?
5. What does Kovály remember about a Nazi guard named Franz?
6. What happens as Kovály and her friends make their escape from the barn where the camp inmates are staying?
7. What treatment does Kovály receive following Margolius' arrest?
8. What response does Kovály get when she asks her friends in Prague for help?
9. What happens in Czechoslovakia as 1948 drew to a close?
10. How does Kovály keep up to date with Margolius' trial when she is in the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss anti-Semitism in "Under A Cruel Star." In what way does Kovály face anti-Semitism and how does this sentiment affect her life? How does she handle this prejudice against her?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Kovály's second husband, Pavel Kovály. How do they meet? What happens to Pavel after he marries Heda? Why does this happen?
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