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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sugar - December, 1943 (pp.66-129).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Basha and her husband's secret?
(a) They know about Magda.
(b) Basha is not a Catholic.
(c) They are Jews.
(d) They have been taking rations for a dead child.

2. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?
(a) So that Magda will continue to feed them.
(b) Because Magda likes them.
(c) Becuase turnips are soft and mushy.
(d) Turnips remind them of home.

3. What does Magda miss the most about the village?
(a) The smells of the pecans and peaches.
(b) The soup.
(c) Oranges.
(d) The smells of cooking.

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

5. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?
(a) Telek is the strongest and quietest.
(b) Telek is not a father, so it will be easy for him.
(c) They believe they should not have to hurt their own children.
(d) They say Telek was never one of them anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Telek tells Gretel what you must do you do if you want to see the animals of the forest. What was it?

2. Why do Magda, Hansel and Gretel wash with kerosene?

3. How do the village men determine who will save the children?

4. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?

5. What was the third book Gretel's father was able to save when they were forced from their home?

(see the answer key)

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