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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?
(a) Turnips remind them of home.
(b) So that Magda will continue to feed them.
(c) Becuase turnips are soft and mushy.
(d) Because Magda likes them.

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

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

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

7. According to the Stepmother, why is it not a bad thing to be killed by a horse?
(a) It is a death unspoiled by any ideas.
(b) It is better than being murdered by a Nazi.
(c) The horses are big and death would be instant.
(d) The Jew never knew what hit him.

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

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

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

11. Who is Nelka?
(a) Telek's pregnant wife.
(b) The bastard granddaughter of the priest.
(c) The granddaughter of Magda.
(d) Magda's pregnant friend.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does Gretel and Hansel get to see with Telek in their fist venture out into the forest?

3. What does Magda have to teach the children?

4. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?

5. What is Magda's secret?

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