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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?
(a) The wife of the farmer is helping the Nazis.
(b) They want the food.
(c) They are taking over the farm.
(d) The farmer is a Nazi.

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

7. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?
(a) Gretel was looking for a weapon.
(b) Gretel was looking at the filth.
(c) Gretel was looking for hidden food.
(d) Gretel was looking for the Nazi swastika.

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

9. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?
(a) Telek is not a father, so it will be easy for him.
(b) Telek is the strongest and quietest.
(c) They believe they should not have to hurt their own children.
(d) They say Telek was never one of them anyway.

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

11. What happens to all the German horses?
(a) They run away with the wild ponies.
(b) They are eaten by the German soldiers.
(c) The Germans use motorcycles, not horses.
(d) They are all killed by the Russians.

12. 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.

13. What is Magda's secret?
(a) Magda is Nelka's grandmother.
(b) Magda is part Gypsy.
(c) Magda is not a Catholic.
(d) Magda is the Priest's sister.

14. Why has no one from the village reported Father Piotr and Magda for being Rom?
(a) The man was a priest.
(b) The villagers didn't know they were Rom.
(c) The villagers were afraid the woman, Magda, was a witch.
(d) The villagers just hadn't yet the opportunity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the Mechanik and the stepmother not had sex?

2. What does Magda use to help Gretel's thirst when she is sick?

3. When the Oberfuhrer arrives, what does the Major find offensive about the SS soldier's medals?

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

5. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?

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