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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Leaving - the Witch (pp.256-297).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?
(a) Telek is the baby's father.
(b) Her husband is alive.
(c) She is in love with Telek.
(d) She left her husband for Telek.

2. Why do Hansel and Gretel need to bathe in the river?
(a) They want to clean their clothes.
(b) They need to kill all the lice.
(c) The weather is warm enough to bathe.
(d) Both children are filthy.

3. What do the women helping Magda think is happening as they are ushered underground?
(a) They think they are going to shower.
(b) All believe they are going to be sent to work at the camp.
(c) The women think they will get some water to drink.
(d) They believe they are going to be gassed.

4. Where does Magda hide the children from the German soldiers?
(a) The secret hidey-hole.
(b) Inside the oven.
(c) Under the floorboards where Magda kept the food.
(d) In the woods.

5. It is the month of April, what are the children experiencing for the first time?
(a) The forest in bloom.
(b) Warm spring weather.
(c) Not being hungry.
(d) Freedom from soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Kulturtrager?

2. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?

3. The Major saves Gretel's life during the inspection, why?

4. Who witnesses the priest kill the soldier and the Brown Sister?

5. Why does Magda take the children to the Major in the village?

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