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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Leaving - the Witch (pp.256-297).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?
(a) Gretel is afraid she will make a mistake.
(b) Magda is afraid the boy will forget his story.
(c) Magda does not think Gretel and Hansel will pass as her family.
(d) The priest might have second thoughts and turn them in.

2. Why does Magda take the children to the Major in the village?
(a) She wants the Major to see Gretel.
(b) To show the children the village.
(c) To show that they are not Jews.
(d) To get food rations.

3. What are the Major's orders when preparing to leave the village?
(a) The Oberfuhrer tells him to kill the whole village.
(b) He is ordered not to leave any bodies behind.
(c) The Major is told to kill the priest.
(d) The order is to not kill any villagers.

4. On one especially cold night, what does Lydka do for the partisans?
(a) He finds some food and shares it with the group.
(b) Lydka keeps wood dry in his pants all night.
(c) He shares a rye drink with all of the group.
(d) Lydka helps build a fire for the group.

5. What are the revving trucks doing at the camp, Birkenau?
(a) The exhaust is used as poison.
(b) Powering the ovens.
(c) Pumping poison into the showers.
(d) Covering all the screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Man, woman and two children riding motorcycle?

2. Where are the Germans taking Magda and the remaining Jews?

3. Why is Hansel so worried about Gretel's madness?

4. Who does the Oberfuhrer get to take him to Magda and the children?

5. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?

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