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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 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.

2. What is the S.S. Oberfuhrer and Brown Sister's purpose in the village?
(a) They want to train the children to be soldiers.
(b) The Brown Sister is taking girls for the Sisterhood, while the Oberfuhrer is taking boys for the army.
(c) They are taking the children who are blonde and blue eyed.
(d) The children who are unhealthy and imperfect will be sent to the concentration camps.

3. What secret did the little boy need to keep?
(a) He was circumcised.
(b) He had a father.
(c) His name.
(d) His age.

4. Why was the old woman, named Magda, feeding the birds?
(a) Bread was unimportant.
(b) The bread was old.
(c) Magda had enough to waste.
(d) Because Magda still had hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nelka collect all the Russian fliers that are dropped from the sky?

2. Why is the stepmother so interested in the burning barn?

3. What is Basha and her husband's secret?

4. Why does Nelka call the kerosene "Polish Perfume"?

5. What is Magda's secret?

(see the answer key)

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