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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the stepmother in the woods when Gretel is raped?
(a) She is leaving the Russian partisan group.
(b) She is checking up on the children.
(c) She is hunting.
(d) She is looking for the soldiers.

2. According to the Russian, why do Russians drink heavily?
(a) Because they are not affected by the effects of alcohol.
(b) Russians drink a lot of vodka because it is their national drink.
(c) Because they are all alcoholics.
(d) Because it shows they still have feelings.

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

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

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

6. What does the oven worker think about the moving air above the furnaces?
(a) It is the screams of all the dead Jews.
(b) It shows that the furnaces are extremely hot.
(c) It is the souls of the Jews going back to God.
(d) It shows the power of the Germans.

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

8. Why is Nelka chosen to provide blood to the Oberfuhrer?
(a) She is chosen because she has just given birth.
(b) Nelka is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty.
(c) Sister Rosa said Nelka will be able to survive the transfusions.
(d) She shares the same blood type.

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. Who is witness to the blood transfusion?
(a) Telek.
(b) The Major.
(c) Hansel.
(d) Wiktor.

14. Why does Hansel get so angry when Gretel is brought back after the assault?
(a) He wanted to go see the wild ponies with Gretel.
(b) He is hungy.
(c) He is kicked out of the cabin.
(d) Hansel knows Gretel was injured.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Oberfuhrer get to take him to Magda and the children?

2. What does Gretel think Magda is trying to do to her and Hansel?

3. What are the revving trucks doing at the camp, Birkenau?

4. What do the Russian and partisans find the Germans transporting?

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

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