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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hansel rejected when he is inspected by the Brown Sister?
(a) Hansel is not considered Aryan enough.
(b) He has brown eyes.
(c) He is circumcised.
(d) He is too young.

2. Where does Hansel go when he is kicked out of the cabin?
(a) to the secret hidey-hole.
(b) Out in the woods to where Gretel had gone.
(c) To the village.
(d) He stays in the clearing around the hut.

3. Why does the solider not kill Zanna after she has taken them to Magda's hut?
(a) The Oberfuhrer is nothing but a glorified athlete.
(b) He is following the Major's orders.
(c) There is no time to bury the body.
(d) The soldier does not want to kill any more people.

4. What stopps Magda from taking the children to the secret hiding place?
(a) Hansel tells Magda that he told Halina about the place.
(b) Magda is sick with pneumonia and not thinking clearly.
(c) Gretel is sick and Magda does not want to move her.
(d) Magda knows they have plenty of time to get to the hiding place.

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

6. What do the Russian and partisans find the Germans transporting?
(a) Ammunition and explosives.
(b) Food and clothing stolen from the Jews.
(c) Bones and the heads of dead Jews.
(d) Bodies of dead Jews.

7. Who shoots the rapists?
(a) The Mechanik.
(b) The Stepmother.
(c) Magda.
(d) Telek.

8. What does Gretel promise Telek before she goes into the woods alone?
(a) She promises to tell him if she sees the ponies.
(b) Gretel promises not to go into the woods twice.
(c) Gretel promises not to sing while alone in the woods.
(d) She promises to take Hansel.

9. What do the women helping Magda think is happening as they are ushered underground?
(a) They believe they are going to be gassed.
(b) They think they are going to shower.
(c) The women think they will get some water to drink.
(d) All believe they are going to be sent to work at the camp.

10. What would have made the Oberfuhrer kill Nelka and the baby?
(a) She and the baby would be killed if Nelka stopped giving him her blood.
(b) He would have killed her and the baby if she told anyone about the blood transfusions.
(c) The Oberfuhrer would have killed her if she were a Jew.
(d) Nelka would have been killed if she had gypsy blood in her family.

11. Why are the mentally defective killed by the Germans?
(a) They are potentially dangerous.
(b) The mentally defective are a burden.
(c) The Aryan bloodline has to be perfect.
(d) The Oberfuhrer hates crazy people.

12. Why does Gretel go off in the woods on her own?
(a) Gretel is fascinated with the ice-encased world.
(b) She wonders if the ponies have ice in their hair.
(c) There are hoof prints indicating the wild ponies are nearby.
(d) She knows everyone else will sleep for another hour.

13. What does Hansel do to prove to the village children that he is not afraid?
(a) Fights one of the children.
(b) Touches the pig's bottom.
(c) Suggests a game of war with the village children.
(d) Kisses the flank of a pig.

14. Magda trusts Hansel with what secret?
(a) She tells him about Father Poitr and Nelka.
(b) Money to keep safe.
(c) To take care of Gretel.
(d) Her secret hiding place.

15. Why is an extra place set at Magda's Christmas Eve dinner table?
(a) The setting is meant for Telek.
(b) To symbolize all those who have died in the war.
(c) The extra place at the table is for Father Poitr.
(d) The place setting is for a wandering traveler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen to the man if the Germans know his thoughts about the heat rising from the furnaces?

2. Where does Gretel's mind go after the rape?

3. What does Nelka ask Telek to do for her when she becomes aware of his strange demeanor?

4. Why does Telek avoid maiming the face of Jasia's boy?

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

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