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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Magda miss the most about the village?
(a) Oranges.
(b) The smells of cooking.
(c) The soup.
(d) The smells of the pecans and peaches.

10. There is a posting in the village about the execution of three villagers. Why were three prisoners killed?
(a) Someone had made illegal vodka.
(b) They were on death row.
(c) A German soldier was severley injured.
(d) They took German soldiers cigarettes.

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

12. Who are the Rom?
(a) German Nazis.
(b) Roman Jews.
(c) Romanian Gypsies.
(d) Russian Revolutionaries.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?

3. Germans leave bodies where they are killed, why?

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

5. What do the Russian partisans say will eventually kill all the Germans?

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