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

2. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?
(a) Magda is afraid the boy will forget his story.
(b) Gretel is afraid she will make a mistake.
(c) Magda does not think Gretel and Hansel will pass as her family.
(d) The priest might have second thoughts and turn them in.

3. How is Gretel's age disguised in the photograph?
(a) Gretel wears younger clothing.
(b) Gretel's face is blurred.
(c) Gretel blinks.
(d) Gretel's hair is in pigtails.

4. What do Hansel and Gretel need in order to stay with Magda?
(a) Polish papers.
(b) Baptismal certificates.
(c) Citizen papers.
(d) Birth certificates.

5. Why does Nelka call the kerosene "Polish Perfume"?
(a) Kerosene was all they had to use for perfume.
(b) Kerosene was used to keep the bugs at bay.
(c) Kerosene was used to keep hunger at bay.
(d) Kerosene was a traditional scent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Oberfuhrer's excellent idea?

2. Why does the Mechanik kill the soldier?

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

4. When the partisans raid the farm, what is the purpose of the hut beside the river?

5. What is Basha and her husband's secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

2. What did the Russian partisans do to get food and clothing?

3. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

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

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

6. How did the Jew that was helping the Russian partisans die when they raided the farm?

7. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

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

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

10. What did Germans do to people they arrested?

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