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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ice Storm - Bones (pp.130-191).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?
(a) They want the food.
(b) They are taking over the farm.
(c) The farmer is a Nazi.
(d) The wife of the farmer is helping the Nazis.

2. Why is the Major not fighting on the front lines?
(a) He has lost one of his eyes.
(b) Being a Major is a promotion.
(c) He is not a real soldier.
(d) The Major is a pacifist.

3. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?
(a) The father is spared because he is a mechanic.
(b) The Stepmother threatens the Russian partisans with the gun.
(c) The father is with the woman, the Stepmother.
(d) The father has a motorcycle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Telek avoid maiming the face of Jasia's boy?

2. According to the Russian partisan leader, what is the first job of the partisan group?

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

4. What does Magda do to keep Gretel from falling or leaving the cabin when she is sick with fever?

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

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