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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Hansel is playing with the village children, what impresses the Major about Hansel?
(a) His senses of courage against the village children.
(b) Hansel is smart.
(c) Hansel knows all the posts of the German army.
(d) He wants to play solider with the village children.

2. What does Hansel do after he hears Telek tell Magda of his plans?
(a) Hansel tells Magda they need to go hide right away.
(b) He takes Gretel and goes to the hidey-hole.
(c) He runs to tell Nelka so she can stop him.
(d) Hansel tries to tell the priest.

3. Where does Magda hide the children from the German soldiers?
(a) In the woods.
(b) The secret hidey-hole.
(c) Under the floorboards where Magda kept the food.
(d) Inside the oven.

4. Who witnesses the priest kill the soldier and the Brown Sister?
(a) Nelka.
(b) Hansel.
(c) Telek.
(d) Wiktor.

5. How does Nelka react to Telek's story of what he did to the children?
(a) Nelka is afraid that he will hurt the baby.
(b) Nelka is angry with Telek for hurting the children.
(c) Nelka is angry he drew the short straw.
(d) She is angry the village men were so cowardly.

6. What does the Major think the result of the Christmas Eve hunt will be?
(a) The Major thinks he will be court-marshaled and shot.
(b) The Major believes the Oberfuhrer will become violent if he does not get a boar.
(c) The Major believes the Oberfuhrer is going to be hurt.
(d) The Major thinks the Oberfuhrer will kill Hansel.

7. What is the smell that Magda cannot quite place when she arrives at Birkenau?
(a) Rotting food.
(b) Cooking pork.
(c) Burning wood.
(d) Burning flesh.

8. Who is Zayde?
(a) Gretel's mother.
(b) Gretel's grandfather.
(c) The Mechanik.
(d) Gretel's father.

9. Why does the priest decide to get the baby for Nelka?
(a) It is his way of repenting for all his past sins.
(b) He believes his soul is such a little, worthless one.
(c) The priest wants to show the village he is brave.
(d) Father Piotr believes he will be redeemed.

10. How does the Major get the Oberfuhrer to back off the idea of killing one-third of the village?
(a) He tells them they cannot leave any bodies behind, but they cannot take them with them.
(b) He suggests the Oberfuhrer take revenge on Nelka and her family.
(c) He lets the Oberfuhrer know that he knows about the blood transfusions.
(d) He explains that his orders are to kill no one.

11. Where does Gretel's mind go after the rape?
(a) Gretel's mind goes blank.
(b) She imagines she is with her Zayde.
(c) She thinks she is in a garden.
(d) Gretel thinks of Hansel and Magda.

12. Why is Father Poitr getting drunk before Mass?
(a) Father Poitr is becoming an alcoholic.
(b) He is trying to forget all the bad memories.
(c) The Germans are making him drink before Mass.
(d) He has always struggled with drinking.

13. Why is Hansel so worried about Gretel's madness?
(a) The Germans take crazy people to the camps.
(b) The Germans kill crazy people.
(c) He does not want to be the responsible one.
(d) Magda might want to throw them out.

14. What makes Magda happy when on the truck, even though she knows she is in trouble with the Germans?
(a) Nelka and the baby are safe and gone.
(b) Hansel and Gretel are safe inside the oven.
(c) Her brother died a hero.
(d) The war was almost over.

15. What is one thing Telek knows he will never touch again after injuring the children?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Vodka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hansel rejected when he is inspected by the Brown Sister?

2. What are the Major's orders when preparing to leave the village?

3. Why is Nelka chosen to provide blood to the Oberfuhrer?

4. What suspicion does Wiktor have confirmed during the inspection of Hansel and Gretel?

5. What is ordered to happen to Gretel at the age of 13 when she is inspected?

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