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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eindeutschung - The Oven (pp.192-255).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hansel get so angry when Gretel is brought back after the assault?
(a) He is hungy.
(b) He is kicked out of the cabin.
(c) Hansel knows Gretel was injured.
(d) He wanted to go see the wild ponies with Gretel.

2. As Hansel is playing with the village children, what impresses the Major about Hansel?
(a) His senses of courage against the village children.
(b) He wants to play solider with the village children.
(c) Hansel is smart.
(d) Hansel knows all the posts of the German army.

3. What happens if a child is accepted by the Oberfuhrer during an inspection?
(a) The parent receives a red card.
(b) The child is taken to Germany.
(c) The child is scheduled to be sterilized.
(d) The parents receive monetary compensation.

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

5. What does Magda do to keep Gretel from falling or leaving the cabin when she is sick with fever?
(a) Magda has Hansel pile logs up around the platform.
(b) She loosely ties Gretel down to the platform.
(c) She puts Gretel in an old chicken cage.
(d) Bundles Gretel in blankets so she cannot move.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Major think the result of the Christmas Eve hunt will be?

3. What are the revving trucks doing at the camp, Birkenau?

4. What does Gretel think she is doing as Telek brings her back to the cabin?

5. What are the Major's orders when preparing to leave the village?

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