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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have the Mechanik and the stepmother not had sex?
(a) They share a room with too many people.
(b) They are not in love with each other any more.
(c) He is afraid she will die if she gets pregnant.
(d) There is not any privacy.

2. Why does Nelka collect all the Russian fliers that are dropped from the sky?
(a) It makes great toilet paper.
(b) She wants to show the other villagers.
(c) It cannot be seen by the German soldiers.
(d) The paper can be reused for writing.

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

4. Why do Magda, Hansel and Gretel wash with kerosene?
(a) Kerosene was used as soap.
(b) Kerosene gets rid of lice.
(c) Kerosene helps to get all the dirt out.
(d) Kerosene keeps them warm.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What happens to all the German horses?
(a) They are all killed by the Russians.
(b) They run away with the wild ponies.
(c) They are eaten by the German soldiers.
(d) The Germans use motorcycles, not horses.

10. Why did the boy, now named Hansel, leave breadcrumbs in the forest?
(a) The bread was stale and no longer edible.
(b) He wanted to leave a trail for his stepmother.
(c) He was not hungry and wanted to leave a trail.
(d) It was his right do with his bread what he wanted.

11. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?
(a) Turnips remind them of home.
(b) Becuase turnips are soft and mushy.
(c) So that Magda will continue to feed them.
(d) Because Magda likes them.

12. Why is the stepmother so interested in the burning barn?
(a) She loves horses and wants to know if they are all going to die.
(b) She is making sure that none of the farmer's conspirators escape.
(c) The stepmother grew up around horses.
(d) She wants to go in and save them but the Mechanik will not let her.

13. What does Magda have to teach the children?
(a) How to be Catholic.
(b) Family history.
(c) How to cook their own food.
(d) How to say the rosary.

14. What are the Kulturtrager?
(a) Bringers of culture.
(b) Beautiful people.
(c) German soldiers.
(d) Polish elite.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Rom?

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

3. Why do the village men think the Major cannot rest in the evening like a normal person?

4. Why is it hard for Gretel to know what day it is?

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

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