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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. According to the Stepmother, why is it not a bad thing to be killed by a horse?
(a) It is better than being murdered by a Nazi.
(b) The horses are big and death would be instant.
(c) The Jew never knew what hit him.
(d) It is a death unspoiled by any ideas.

2. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?
(a) They both wail and keen making the dark spirits think Gretel is dead.
(b) Hansel and Magda have to switch money.
(c) They burn all of her clothes and her doll.
(d) Hansel sells Gretel to Magda and tells the dark spirits that Gretel is dead, the girl is nobody.

3. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?
(a) Gretel was looking for a weapon.
(b) Gretel was looking for hidden food.
(c) Gretel was looking for the Nazi swastika.
(d) Gretel was looking at the filth.

4. What does Magda miss the most about the village?
(a) The smells of cooking.
(b) The soup.
(c) Oranges.
(d) The smells of the pecans and peaches.

5. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?
(a) The clothing and boots on the soldier are valuable.
(b) The Mechanik thinks the children are in danger.
(c) The soldier discovers the Mechanik's presence.
(d) The solider has food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jacobe?

2. What is the Hour of the Wolf?

3. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?

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

5. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?

(see the answer key)

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