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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 have been taking rations for a dead child.
(c) They are Jews.
(d) Basha is not a Catholic.

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

3. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?
(a) Magda is afraid the boy will forget his story.
(b) Magda does not think Gretel and Hansel will pass as her family.
(c) Gretel is afraid she will make a mistake.
(d) The priest might have second thoughts and turn them in.

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

5. Why is it hard for Gretel to know what day it is?
(a) There is no clock or calendar.
(b) Magda does not go to the village regularly.
(c) Gretel cannot tell time.
(d) Gretel has lost count of the days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hansel want to look like a Nazi?

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

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

4. Why did Gretel look all around them before they got out of the pile of leaves?

5. When did Hansel throw his luck away?

(see the answer key)

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