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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Leaving - the Witch (pp.256-297).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the two men who rape Gretel?
(a) They are both shot.
(b) One is killed and one gets away.
(c) They are caught by Telek.
(d) They leave Gretel on the log.

2. What happens to all the ashes of the dead, once their bodies are incinerated?
(a) The ashes are buried at the camp.
(b) They are used as fertilizer.
(c) They are dumped in a mass grave.
(d) They are dumped in the river Vistula.

3. Who is Jacobe?
(a) A chess player.
(b) One of the men executed.
(c) Jocobe is Felik's last name.
(d) Feliks' Jewish friend.

4. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?
(a) Something bad is going to happen to someone.
(b) SS soldiers are coming.
(c) There is a change in leadership.
(d) They are all going to be taken away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Major honor Gretel during her first visit to the village?

2. According to the Stepmother, why is it not a bad thing to be killed by a horse?

3. What does the Oberfuhrer do when they come to the secret hidey-hole?

4. What was the woman, Magda, terrified of?

5. What does the oven worker think about the moving air above the furnaces?

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