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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Magda do with peroxide?
(a) Bleach Hansel's hair.
(b) Cleans a wound.
(c) Gets rid of lice.
(d) Peroxide helps with Magda's arthritis.

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

3. Telek tells Gretel what you must do you do if you want to see the animals of the forest. What was it?
(a) You need to make sure there is no wind and stand still.
(b) The wind must be blowing from behind you.
(c) You need to stand very still and not move.
(d) You must keep the wind in your face.

4. Why does Hansel want to look like a Nazi?
(a) Nazi's all have clean uniforms.
(b) Nazi's are never told what to do.
(c) Nazi's all have blonde hair.
(d) Nazi's have guns.

5. How does the Major honor Gretel during her first visit to the village?
(a) He gives her a candy.
(b) He says she is almost mannered.
(c) He allows her to have a ration card.
(d) He allows her to pass out sugar.

6. 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 afraid someone heard them.
(c) Gretel was admiring the snow.
(d) Gretel was making sure there wasn't anyone around.

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

8. According to the Russian partisan leader, what is the first job of the partisan group?
(a) To help the Russians fighting.
(b) To cover all their tracks so no one knows they were there.
(c) To kill German soldiers whenever they find them.
(d) To survive.

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

10. What do Hansel and Gretel need in order to stay with Magda?
(a) Baptismal certificates.
(b) Polish papers.
(c) Citizen papers.
(d) Birth certificates.

11. What was the woman, Magda, terrified of?
(a) The Nazis catching them.
(b) Leaving the motorcycle behind.
(c) The children being left behind.
(d) The dogs being set on them.

12. What did the little boy admire about the Nazis?
(a) The Nazisweren't afraid to be seen.
(b) The Nazis always sat up straight.
(c) The Nazi's precision, even while chasing subhumans.
(d) The Nazis had clean uniforms and helmets.

13. When the Oberfuhrer arrives, what does the Major find offensive about the SS soldier's medals?
(a) The medals are better than the Major's.
(b) The Major has the same medals.
(c) All the medals are fake.
(d) The medals are all for physical fitness.

14. Why do the village men think the Major cannot rest in the evening like a normal person?
(a) He suffers from insomnia, therefore he cannot rest.
(b) He cannot rest because he does not do any heavy labor, so he is not tired like the others.
(c) The major left all of his friends on the front lines, fighting.
(d) The major makes sure to rest during the day so that he is fully aware of the villages' goings-on at night.

15. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?
(a) The father is with the woman, the Stepmother.
(b) The Stepmother threatens the Russian partisans with the gun.
(c) The father is spared because he is a mechanic.
(d) The father has a motorcycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?

2. On one especially cold night, what does Lydka do for the partisans?

3. What does Magda have to teach the children?

4. According to the Witch on page 1, what story has been told over and over again full of lies?

5. What is the Oberfuhrer's excellent idea?

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