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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) The Mechanik has to get the motorcycle.
(b) The Mechanikhas to steal gas.
(c) Like the woman, The Mechanik has to kill a Nazi.
(d) The Mechanik must meet them in the woods.

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

3. What is Basha and her husband's secret?
(a) They know about Magda.
(b) Basha is not a Catholic.
(c) They are Jews.
(d) They have been taking rations for a dead child.

4. Why do the Mechanik, and the other partisans, cover their urine with snow?
(a) So the dogs will not be able to smell it.
(b) He does not want anyone to step in it.
(c) To prevent anyone from being offended.
(d) To hide evidence that people was there.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the village men determine who will save the children?

2. What secret did the little boy need to keep?

3. When the partisans raid the farm, what is the purpose of the hut beside the river?

4. According to the Russian partisan leader, what is the first job of the partisan group?

5. What is the Hour of the Wolf?

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