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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Witch - The Village Piaski (pp.1-65).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?
(a) The father has a motorcycle.
(b) The father is with the woman, the Stepmother.
(c) The Stepmother threatens the Russian partisans with the gun.
(d) The father is spared because he is a mechanic.

2. Why has no one from the village reported Father Piotr and Magda for being Rom?
(a) The man was a priest.
(b) The villagers just hadn't yet the opportunity.
(c) The villagers were afraid the woman, Magda, was a witch.
(d) The villagers didn't know they were Rom.

3. Germans leave bodies where they are killed, why?
(a) There are too many bodies to bury.
(b) As a warning to the Poles.
(c) Germans do not believe in burring the dead.
(d) The ground is frozen and they cannot bury the bodies.

4. Why is the Man, woman and two children riding motorcycle?
(a) They are fleeing the Ghetto.
(b) They have broken the law.
(c) They are trying to escape the Nazis.
(d) The are trying to get over the border.

5. What did the little boy admire about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis had clean uniforms and helmets.
(b) The Nazisweren't afraid to be seen.
(c) The Nazi's precision, even while chasing subhumans.
(d) The Nazis always sat up straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?

2. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?

3. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?

4. Why does Hansel want to look like a Nazi?

5. What does the father, now named the Mechanik, have to do to prove his loyalty?

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