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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the third book Gretel's father was able to save when they were forced from their home?
(a) Torah.
(b) Fairy-tales.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Mathematics.

2. What is Basha and her husband's secret?
(a) They know about Magda.
(b) They are Jews.
(c) They have been taking rations for a dead child.
(d) Basha is not a Catholic.

3. There is a posting in the village about the execution of three villagers. Why were three prisoners killed?
(a) Someone had made illegal vodka.
(b) A German soldier was severley injured.
(c) They took German soldiers cigarettes.
(d) They were on death row.

4. What is the S.S. Oberfuhrer and Brown Sister's purpose in the village?
(a) The Brown Sister is taking girls for the Sisterhood, while the Oberfuhrer is taking boys for the army.
(b) They are taking the children who are blonde and blue eyed.
(c) They want to train the children to be soldiers.
(d) The children who are unhealthy and imperfect will be sent to the concentration camps.

5. Why was the old woman, named Magda, feeding the birds?
(a) Bread was unimportant.
(b) Magda had enough to waste.
(c) Because Magda still had hope.
(d) The bread was old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?

2. On one especially cold night, what does Lydka do for the partisans?

3. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?

4. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?

5. What does Magda do with peroxide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Magda take the children to the village?

2. What did the old Mayor's office function as in the village?

3. What did Magda plan to say that would cover Hansel's circumcision?

4. How did the Major escape the front lines in Russia?

5. What news does Telek deliver about the Oberfuhrer and the Brown Sister?

6. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

7. What does Hansel plan to do instead of farming?

8. How is the absence of the children's' parents explained to the Major?

9. How was the supply truck's stop at Magda's to drop the two children off explained?

10. What explanation is given to the Major on how the children were brought to Magda?

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