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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. What does Magda have to teach the children?
(a) How to say the rosary.
(b) How to cook their own food.
(c) How to be Catholic.
(d) Family history.

2. Why does Hansel want to look like a Nazi?
(a) Nazi's all have clean uniforms.
(b) Nazi's have guns.
(c) Nazi's all have blonde hair.
(d) Nazi's are never told what to do.

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

4. 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 has a motorcycle.
(d) The father is with the woman, the Stepmother.

5. What secret was the Stepmother keeping from the father of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) The Stepmother was married once.
(b) The Stepmother was afraid of the unfamiliar forest.
(c) The Stepmother was afraid of the dogs tracking them.
(d) The Stepmother's baby was killed by the Nazis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?

2. What is Magda's secret?

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

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

5. What does Magda miss the most about the village?

(see the answer key)

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