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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eindeutschung?
(a) It is the name of the neighboring village.
(b) It makes things German.
(c) It is a city in Germany.
(d) It makes German bread.

2. What has the Stepmother neglected to do when she goes to check on the children?
(a) The Stepmother does not tell the Mechanik where she is going.
(b) She does not cover her tracks as she goes through the woods.
(c) She does not stop the rape.
(d) The Stepmother does not protect Gretel.

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

4. What does the priest hear first while waiting to be captured?
(a) The German army firing on the neighboring village.
(b) He learns of his death sentence.
(c) The Russian army advancing toward the village.
(d) He learns what the Germans do to the children they take away.

5. 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) The war was almost over.
(c) Hansel and Gretel are safe inside the oven.
(d) Her brother died a hero.

6. What would happen to the man if the Germans know his thoughts about the heat rising from the furnaces?
(a) The man would be thrown in the furnace.
(b) He would be sent home.
(c) He would be sent to another camp.
(d) He would lose his job.

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

8. Gretel is not right in the mind after the rape. What does Gretel expect Telek to show her?
(a) The wolves.
(b) The ponies.
(c) The bison.
(d) The boar.

9. How does the priest stop Telek from committing the crime?
(a) He tells Telek to say the rosary.
(b) He asks Telek to consider the ramifications toward the villagers.
(c) The priest tells Telek he will not be forgiven.
(d) The priest asks Telek to wait one night while he thinks about it.

10. Why does Telek avoid maiming the face of Jasia's boy?
(a) Jasia asks him not to hurt the boy's face.
(b) Telek does not want the boy to have a constant reminder of the war on his face.
(c) The boy is beautiful.
(d) He reminds Jasia of her dead husband.

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

12. What does Nelka ask Telek to do for her when she becomes aware of his strange demeanor?
(a) She asks him to confess to the priest about his plans to steal the baby.
(b) She asks him to get the baby back when the Germans leave the village.
(c) Nelka demands he confess about what he did to all the village children.
(d) Nelka asks Telek to not steal the baby, as it would kill all the villagers.

13. What does the Major think the result of the Christmas Eve hunt will be?
(a) The Major thinks the Oberfuhrer will kill Hansel.
(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 he will be court-marshaled and shot.

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

15. Why does the Major give Hansel candy when he is playing with the village children?
(a) He knows all about the German army.
(b) Hansel salutes him properly.
(c) Hansel wins the game of solider.
(d) Hansel is Gretel's brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is an extra place set at Magda's Christmas Eve dinner table?

4. Why does Hansel want to get out of the village so quickly when he is kicked out of Halina's?

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

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