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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sugar - December, 1943 (pp.66-129).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Magda take the children to the Major in the village?
(a) She wants the Major to see Gretel.
(b) To show that they are not Jews.
(c) To show the children the village.
(d) To get food rations.

2. How did the man hide his two children to escape Bialystok?
(a) The man hid the children in truck tires.
(b) The man made them wear men's clothes.
(c) The man passed them off as mechanic's helpers.
(d) The man cut their hair off.

3. Why does Nelka call the kerosene "Polish Perfume"?
(a) Kerosene was used to keep hunger at bay.
(b) Kerosene was used to keep the bugs at bay.
(c) Kerosene was a traditional scent.
(d) Kerosene was all they had to use for perfume.

4. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?
(a) She is in love with Telek.
(b) She left her husband for Telek.
(c) Telek is the baby's father.
(d) Her husband is alive.

5. How do the village men determine who will save the children?
(a) The men elect Telek to do it because he does not have children.
(b) They determine it has to be a man without children.
(c) There are only 6 children, so each father will save his own.
(d) The men draw straws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Kulturtrager?

2. What is Basha and her husband's secret?

3. What is the Oberfuhrer's excellent idea?

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

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

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