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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. Why does the Russian's group attack the farm?
(a) The farmer is a Nazi.
(b) The wife of the farmer is helping the Nazis.
(c) They are taking over the farm.
(d) They want the food.

2. Germans leave bodies where they are killed, why?
(a) The ground is frozen and they cannot bury the bodies.
(b) There are too many bodies to bury.
(c) Germans do not believe in burring the dead.
(d) As a warning to the Poles.

3. What secret was the Stepmother keeping from the father of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) The Stepmother was afraid of the unfamiliar forest.
(b) The Stepmother was afraid of the dogs tracking them.
(c) The Stepmother's baby was killed by the Nazis.
(d) The Stepmother was married once.

4. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?
(a) There is a change in leadership.
(b) Something bad is going to happen to someone.
(c) SS soldiers are coming.
(d) They are all going to be taken away.

5. Why do the village men think the Major cannot rest in the evening like a normal person?
(a) He suffers from insomnia, therefore he cannot rest.
(b) The major left all of his friends on the front lines, fighting.
(c) He cannot rest because he does not do any heavy labor, so he is not tired like the others.
(d) The major makes sure to rest during the day so that he is fully aware of the villages' goings-on at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?

2. How do the village men determine who will save the children?

3. What does Magda do with peroxide?

4. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?

5. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

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

3. How did Magda introduce the children to the Major?

4. What are the Rom?

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

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

7. What do the village men decide to do in order to stop their children from being taken away?

8. What did the Major think of Gretel when he first interacted with her in the village?

9. What did the priest give to the children to memorize so they would fit in?

10. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

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