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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?
(a) SS soldiers are coming.
(b) There is a change in leadership.
(c) Something bad is going to happen to someone.
(d) They are all going to be taken away.

2. Who is Jacobe?
(a) Feliks' Jewish friend.
(b) Jocobe is Felik's last name.
(c) A chess player.
(d) One of the men executed.

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

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

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

6. Why does Nelka call the kerosene "Polish Perfume"?
(a) Kerosene was used to keep hunger at bay.
(b) Kerosene was all they had to use for perfume.
(c) Kerosene was a traditional scent.
(d) Kerosene was used to keep the bugs at bay.

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

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

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

10. How did the man hide his two children to escape Bialystok?
(a) The man passed them off as mechanic's helpers.
(b) The man hid the children in truck tires.
(c) The man cut their hair off.
(d) The man made them wear men's clothes.

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

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

13. Why did the girl, now named Gretel, insist on sleeping under the leaves?
(a) They needed to be hidden.
(b) It would make them warmer.
(c) Hansel wanted to pretend they were rabbits.
(d) It reminded her of their Uncle.

14. 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 father is spared because he is a mechanic.
(c) The father has a motorcycle.
(d) The Stepmother threatens the Russian partisans with the gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the old woman, named Magda, feeding the birds?

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

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

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

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

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