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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eindeutschung - The Oven (pp.192-255).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What secret was the Stepmother keeping from the father of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) The Stepmother was married once.
(b) The Stepmother was afraid of the dogs tracking them.
(c) The Stepmother was afraid of the unfamiliar forest.
(d) The Stepmother's baby was killed by the Nazis.

3. What would have made the Oberfuhrer kill Nelka and the baby?
(a) She and the baby would be killed if Nelka stopped giving him her blood.
(b) He would have killed her and the baby if she told anyone about the blood transfusions.
(c) Nelka would have been killed if she had gypsy blood in her family.
(d) The Oberfuhrer would have killed her if she were a Jew.

4. What is one regret of the priest before he dies?
(a) He never married the woman he loved.
(b) The priest never told Nelka that he loved her.
(c) The priest regrets not having a real church as a parish.
(d) He has behaved as a coward all his life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?

2. Where does Telek take Nelka and the baby to hide?

3. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?

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

5. What are the Major's orders when preparing to leave the village?

(see the answer key)

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