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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Hansel throw his luck away?
(a) When Hansel crossed the line the old woman drew.
(b) When Magda stole a button off Hansel's coat.
(c) When Hansel stole the bread given to the birds.
(d) When Hansel threw his breadcrumbs on the ground.

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

5. What does Magda do to keep Gretel from falling or leaving the cabin when she is sick with fever?
(a) She loosely ties Gretel down to the platform.
(b) Magda has Hansel pile logs up around the platform.
(c) Bundles Gretel in blankets so she cannot move.
(d) She puts Gretel in an old chicken cage.

6. What animal does Gretel and Hansel get to see with Telek in their fist venture out into the forest?
(a) Wild boar.
(b) An elk.
(c) A wolf.
(d) Wild horses.

7. Why is the Major not fighting on the front lines?
(a) He has lost one of his eyes.
(b) He is not a real soldier.
(c) Being a Major is a promotion.
(d) The Major is a pacifist.

8. Why did Gretel look all around them before they got out of the pile of leaves?
(a) Gretel was looking for footprints.
(b) Gretel was admiring the snow.
(c) Gretel was making sure there wasn't anyone around.
(d) Gretel was afraid someone heard them.

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

10. What does Magda use to help Gretel's thirst when she is sick?
(a) Melted snow.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Icicles from the trees.
(d) Iodine.

11. What is the Hour of the Wolf?
(a) It is when the moon begins to set.
(b) The time when the wolves are out hunting.
(c) The darkest, often hopeless moment before dawn.
(d) The wolves can be caught during that specific hour.

12. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?
(a) Gretel wears younger clothing.
(b) Gretel's hair is in pigtails.
(c) Gretel's face is blurred.
(d) Gretel blinks.

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

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

15. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?
(a) They burn all of her clothes and her doll.
(b) Hansel and Magda have to switch money.
(c) Hansel sells Gretel to Magda and tells the dark spirits that Gretel is dead, the girl is nobody.
(d) They both wail and keen making the dark spirits think Gretel is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nelka collect all the Russian fliers that are dropped from the sky?

2. Why is the Mechanik happy to make a bomb?

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

4. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?

5. Why does Magda take the children to the Major in the village?

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