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

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

3. What is Eindeutschung?
(a) It is a city in Germany.
(b) It makes German bread.
(c) It makes things German.
(d) It is the name of the neighboring village.

4. What would have made the Oberfuhrer kill Nelka and the baby?
(a) Nelka would have been killed if she had gypsy blood in her family.
(b) She and the baby would be killed if Nelka stopped giving him her blood.
(c) He would have killed her and the baby if she told anyone about the blood transfusions.
(d) The Oberfuhrer would have killed her if she were a Jew.

5. Why does the solider not kill Zanna after she has taken them to Magda's hut?
(a) The Oberfuhrer is nothing but a glorified athlete.
(b) He is following the Major's orders.
(c) The soldier does not want to kill any more people.
(d) There is no time to bury the body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen to the man if the Germans know his thoughts about the heat rising from the furnaces?

2. As Hansel is playing with the village children, what impresses the Major about Hansel?

3. What does Hansel do to prove to the village children that he is not afraid?

4. What is one thing Telek knows he will never touch again after injuring the children?

5. What happens on March 11, 1944 to the partisans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Brown Sister take the baby from Nelka?

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

4. Who was listening to Telek's plans to murder the officers and the Brown Sister?

5. Why did the Oberfuhrer participate in transfusions?

6. Who was the one who saved Gretel from being killed by the men who raped her?

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

8. How does the story end?

9. What is Hansel's secret that he shares with Halina?

10. What does Gretel light in the forest for Father Poitr?

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