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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was the third book Gretel's father was able to save when they were forced from their home?
(a) Fairy-tales.
(b) Torah.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Mathematics.

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

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

5. Why was the old woman, named Magda, feeding the birds?
(a) The bread was old.
(b) Magda had enough to waste.
(c) Because Magda still had hope.
(d) Bread was unimportant.

6. How do the village men determine who will save the children?
(a) The men draw straws.
(b) The men elect Telek to do it because he does not have children.
(c) They determine it has to be a man without children.
(d) There are only 6 children, so each father will save his own.

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

8. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?
(a) The clothing and boots on the soldier are valuable.
(b) The solider has food.
(c) The Mechanik thinks the children are in danger.
(d) The soldier discovers the Mechanik's presence.

9. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?
(a) She is from Germany.
(b) She knows what Kulturtrager meant.
(c) Gretel understands German.
(d) She reminds him of his sister.

10. 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 pass out sugar.
(d) He allows her to have a ration card.

11. Why is the Man, woman and two children riding motorcycle?
(a) They are fleeing the Ghetto.
(b) They have broken the law.
(c) They are trying to escape the Nazis.
(d) The are trying to get over the border.

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

13. What relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?
(a) Nelka is Magda's daughter, his niece.
(b) Nelka is the pirest's daughter.
(c) Nelka is his cousin.
(d) Nelka is his grand-daughter.

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

15. When the partisans raid the farm, what is the purpose of the hut beside the river?
(a) It is used as a smoke house.
(b) It is a fishing hut.
(c) It is a storage hut.
(d) It is used as an ice house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?

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

3. Who is Jacobe?

4. What secret did the little boy need to keep?

5. Why did the boy, now named Hansel, leave breadcrumbs in the forest?

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