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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 relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?
(a) Nelka is Magda's daughter, his niece.
(b) Nelka is the pirest's daughter.
(c) Nelka is his cousin.
(d) Nelka is his grand-daughter.

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

3. What does the Stepmother discover during the raid on the train?
(a) She finds the bodies of many dead Jews.
(b) She discovers a car full of ammunition and guns.
(c) The Stepmother learns the children are safe.
(d) She learns the Mechanic would take his children.

4. According to the Russian partisan leader, what is the first job of the partisan group?
(a) To survive.
(b) To kill German soldiers whenever they find them.
(c) To cover all their tracks so no one knows they were there.
(d) To help the Russians fighting.

5. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?
(a) She left her husband for Telek.
(b) Her husband is alive.
(c) Telek is the baby's father.
(d) She is in love with Telek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Major honor Gretel during her first visit to the village?

3. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?

4. Telek tells Gretel what you must do you do if you want to see the animals of the forest. What was it?

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

(see the answer key)

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