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

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

3. How did the man hide his two children to escape Bialystok?
(a) The man passed them off as mechanic's helpers.
(b) The man made them wear men's clothes.
(c) The man hid the children in truck tires.
(d) The man cut their hair off.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard for Gretel to know what day it is?

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

3. What is Magda's secret?

4. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?

5. What relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?

(see the answer key)

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