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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 Gretel go off in the woods on her own?
(a) She wonders if the ponies have ice in their hair.
(b) Gretel is fascinated with the ice-encased world.
(c) She knows everyone else will sleep for another hour.
(d) There are hoof prints indicating the wild ponies are nearby.

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

3. What does Hansel do after he hears Telek tell Magda of his plans?
(a) Hansel tells Magda they need to go hide right away.
(b) He takes Gretel and goes to the hidey-hole.
(c) Hansel tries to tell the priest.
(d) He runs to tell Nelka so she can stop him.

4. What suspicion does Wiktor have confirmed during the inspection of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) That the Major likes Gretel.
(b) That the Oberfuhrer speaks Polish.
(c) That Gretel has been raped.
(d) That Hansel is a Jew.

5. Where does Gretel's mind go after the rape?
(a) Gretel thinks of Hansel and Magda.
(b) Gretel's mind goes blank.
(c) She thinks she is in a garden.
(d) She imagines she is with her Zayde.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Major saves Gretel's life during the inspection, why?

2. Why is Hansel rejected when he is inspected by the Brown Sister?

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

4. Why does Hansel want to get out of the village so quickly when he is kicked out of Halina's?

5. What does Gretel promise Telek before she goes into the woods alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story end?

2. What was the car, painted green with an odd shape and open top?

3. Hansel was in the woods on Christmas eve, what did he save from the Oberfuhrer?

4. What is the Oberfuhrer's ultimate goal in making the priest preach in this manner?

5. What tragedy is stuck in Father Poitr's mind from his service in the war?

6. When it was stated that Gretel was mad during her inspection, what was going to be her fate at the age of 13?

7. What were the German soldiers transporting when the Russian partisans stumble upon them?

8. What did Hansel get bullied into doing to show he was not afraid when he ventured into the village alone?

9. What did the Oberfuhrer demand from Nelka?

10. Nelka swore she was not a gypsy and the Oberfuhrer was relieved, why?

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