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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gretel think Magda is trying to do to her and Hansel?
(a) Gretel thinks she is trying to fatten them up to eat.
(b) She thinks Magda is trying to cook them.
(c) Gretel believes Magda is going to give them to the Germans.
(d) She believes Magda is trying to save them.

2. What is Eindeutschung?
(a) It makes German bread.
(b) It is the name of the neighboring village.
(c) It makes things German.
(d) It is a city in Germany.

3. What is one thing Telek knows he will never touch again after injuring the children?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Turnips.

4. What suspicion does Wiktor have confirmed during the inspection of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) That Hansel is a Jew.
(b) That the Major likes Gretel.
(c) That Gretel has been raped.
(d) That the Oberfuhrer speaks Polish.

5. Where are the Germans taking Magda and the remaining Jews?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Bialystok.
(d) Piaski.

6. What does Gretel tell Hansel and Magda she wants?
(a) A pony.
(b) A potato.
(c) Her name.
(d) An orange.

7. What is one regret of the priest before he dies?
(a) He never married the woman he loved.
(b) He has behaved as a coward all his life.
(c) The priest regrets not having a real church as a parish.
(d) The priest never told Nelka that he loved her.

8. According to the Russian, why do Russians drink heavily?
(a) Because they are all alcoholics.
(b) Russians drink a lot of vodka because it is their national drink.
(c) Because it shows they still have feelings.
(d) Because they are not affected by the effects of alcohol.

9. What would have made the Oberfuhrer kill Nelka and the baby?
(a) Nelka would have been killed if she had gypsy blood in her family.
(b) She and the baby would be killed if Nelka stopped giving him her blood.
(c) He would have killed her and the baby if she told anyone about the blood transfusions.
(d) The Oberfuhrer would have killed her if she were a Jew.

10. Who witnesses the priest kill the soldier and the Brown Sister?
(a) Wiktor.
(b) Telek.
(c) Hansel.
(d) Nelka.

11. Where does Magda hide the children from the German soldiers?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Under the floorboards where Magda kept the food.
(c) Inside the oven.
(d) The secret hidey-hole.

12. Why is Father Poitr getting drunk before Mass?
(a) The Germans are making him drink before Mass.
(b) He is trying to forget all the bad memories.
(c) Father Poitr is becoming an alcoholic.
(d) He has always struggled with drinking.

13. Why is the stepmother in the woods when Gretel is raped?
(a) She is leaving the Russian partisan group.
(b) She is hunting.
(c) She is checking up on the children.
(d) She is looking for the soldiers.

14. Who does the Oberfuhrer get to take him to Magda and the children?
(a) Patryk.
(b) Halina.
(c) Zanna.
(d) Wiktor.

15. Why are the mentally defective killed by the Germans?
(a) They are potentially dangerous.
(b) The mentally defective are a burden.
(c) The Aryan bloodline has to be perfect.
(d) The Oberfuhrer hates crazy people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell that Magda cannot quite place when she arrives at Birkenau?

2. What stopps Magda from taking the children to the secret hiding place?

3. What happens if a child is accepted by the Oberfuhrer during an inspection?

4. Who is Zayde?

5. What do the women helping Magda think is happening as they are ushered underground?

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