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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. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?
(a) The farmer is a Nazi.
(b) The wife of the farmer is helping the Nazis.
(c) They want the food.
(d) They are taking over the farm.

2. Why did the girl, now named Gretel, insist on sleeping under the leaves?
(a) It would make them warmer.
(b) Hansel wanted to pretend they were rabbits.
(c) It reminded her of their Uncle.
(d) They needed to be hidden.

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

4. Why does Telek believe Nelka's baby will come sooner than December?
(a) The baby is at full term.
(b) Nelka is undernourished.
(c) Nelka is not sure of her actual due date.
(d) The baby is not healthy.

5. Why do the village men think the Major cannot rest in the evening like a normal person?
(a) The major makes sure to rest during the day so that he is fully aware of the villages' goings-on at night.
(b) He cannot rest because he does not do any heavy labor, so he is not tired like the others.
(c) He suffers from insomnia, therefore he cannot rest.
(d) The major left all of his friends on the front lines, fighting.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the Russian partisans say will eventually kill all the Germans?

4. What is the Hour of the Wolf?

5. What relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?

(see the answer key)

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