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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sugar - December, 1943 (pp.66-129).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father, now named the Mechanik, have to do to prove his loyalty?
(a) Like the woman, The Mechanik has to kill a Nazi.
(b) The Mechanik must meet them in the woods.
(c) The Mechanik has to get the motorcycle.
(d) The Mechanikhas to steal gas.

2. Why is the stepmother so interested in the burning barn?
(a) She loves horses and wants to know if they are all going to die.
(b) She is making sure that none of the farmer's conspirators escape.
(c) She wants to go in and save them but the Mechanik will not let her.
(d) The stepmother grew up around horses.

3. What is the Hour of the Wolf?
(a) The darkest, often hopeless moment before dawn.
(b) It is when the moon begins to set.
(c) The time when the wolves are out hunting.
(d) The wolves can be caught during that specific hour.

4. Who is Nelka?
(a) Magda's pregnant friend.
(b) Telek's pregnant wife.
(c) The bastard granddaughter of the priest.
(d) The granddaughter of Magda.

5. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?
(a) The Stepmother threatens the Russian partisans with the gun.
(b) The father has a motorcycle.
(c) The father is with the woman, the Stepmother.
(d) The father is spared because he is a mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?

2. What is Basha and her husband's secret?

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

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

5. Why do the Mechanik, and the other partisans, cover their urine with snow?

(see the answer key)

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