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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Witch - The Village Piaski (pp.1-65).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has no one from the village reported Father Piotr and Magda for being Rom?
(a) The villagers were afraid the woman, Magda, was a witch.
(b) The villagers didn't know they were Rom.
(c) The villagers just hadn't yet the opportunity.
(d) The man was a priest.

2. 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.

3. 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 Nazi's precision, even while chasing subhumans.
(d) The Nazisweren't afraid to be seen.

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

5. Why did the girl, now named Gretel, insist on sleeping under the leaves?
(a) They needed to be hidden.
(b) It reminded her of their Uncle.
(c) It would make them warmer.
(d) Hansel wanted to pretend they were rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret did the little boy need to keep?

2. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?

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

4. What does the father, now named the Mechanik, have to do to prove his loyalty?

5. According to the Witch on page 1, what story has been told over and over again full of lies?

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