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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. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?
(a) Gretel blinks.
(b) Gretel wears younger clothing.
(c) Gretel's hair is in pigtails.
(d) Gretel's face is blurred.

2. Who are the Rom?
(a) German Nazis.
(b) Russian Revolutionaries.
(c) Romanian Gypsies.
(d) Roman Jews.

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

4. What did the little boy admire about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazis always sat up straight.
(b) The Nazis had clean uniforms and helmets.
(c) The Nazisweren't afraid to be seen.
(d) The Nazi's precision, even while chasing subhumans.

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 the bugs at bay.
(d) Kerosene was used to keep hunger at bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gretel tell Hansel and Magda she wants?

2. Germans leave bodies where they are killed, why?

3. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?

4. What does Gretel promise Telek before she goes into the woods alone?

5. Why does Telek believe Nelka's baby will come sooner than December?

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