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

2. Magda trusts Hansel with what secret?
(a) Her secret hiding place.
(b) To take care of Gretel.
(c) She tells him about Father Poitr and Nelka.
(d) Money to keep safe.

3. How does the Major get the Oberfuhrer to back off the idea of killing one-third of the village?
(a) He explains that his orders are to kill no one.
(b) He tells them they cannot leave any bodies behind, but they cannot take them with them.
(c) He suggests the Oberfuhrer take revenge on Nelka and her family.
(d) He lets the Oberfuhrer know that he knows about the blood transfusions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Major not fighting on the front lines?

2. Why is Nelka chosen to provide blood to the Oberfuhrer?

3. Where does Gretel's mind go after the rape?

4. Why does Hansel want to get out of the village so quickly when he is kicked out of Halina's?

5. Why does the solider not kill Zanna after she has taken them to Magda's hut?

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