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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 is circumcised.
(c) He has brown eyes.
(d) He is too young.

2. What does Gretel think Magda is trying to do to her and Hansel?
(a) Gretel believes Magda is going to give them to the Germans.
(b) Gretel thinks she is trying to fatten them up to eat.
(c) She thinks Magda is trying to cook them.
(d) She believes Magda is trying to save them.

3. 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.

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

5. What would have happened to Nelka had she admitted she had gypsy blood?
(a) Magda and the children would be killed.
(b) She would have lost the baby.
(c) She would have killed herself and her family.
(d) The Oberfuhrer would have killed her.

6. What are the revving trucks doing at the camp, Birkenau?
(a) Covering all the screaming.
(b) Powering the ovens.
(c) Pumping poison into the showers.
(d) The exhaust is used as poison.

7. What happens to the two men who rape Gretel?
(a) One is killed and one gets away.
(b) They are caught by Telek.
(c) They leave Gretel on the log.
(d) They are both shot.

8. What does Father Piotr do after he sends Hansel away from the village?
(a) Father Piotr heads toward Telek's to stop him.
(b) He starts drinking again.
(c) The priest kills two people and steals the baby.
(d) He takes the baby to Nelka.

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

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

11. What happens if a child is accepted by the Oberfuhrer during an inspection?
(a) The child is taken to Germany.
(b) The parent receives a red card.
(c) The parents receive monetary compensation.
(d) The child is scheduled to be sterilized.

12. Who does the Oberfuhrer get to take him to Magda and the children?
(a) Zanna.
(b) Halina.
(c) Wiktor.
(d) Patryk.

13. What does Gretel tell Hansel and Magda she wants?
(a) A potato.
(b) An orange.
(c) Her name.
(d) A pony.

14. Why does Hansel want to get out of the village so quickly when he is kicked out of Halina's?
(a) He is afraid Halina's aunt will get him in trouble.
(b) He does not want to cry in front of the other children.
(c) He is afraid of the Major.
(d) He needs to get back to the cabin before it begins to snow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Zayde?

2. How does the Major get the Oberfuhrer to back off the idea of killing one-third of the village?

3. What happens to all the ashes of the dead, once their bodies are incinerated?

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

5. Why does the Oberfuhrer want Nelka's blood?

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