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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the stepmother so interested in the burning barn?

2. Why did the boy, now named Hansel, leave breadcrumbs in the forest?

3. What is Magda's secret?

4. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?

5. What secret was the Stepmother keeping from the father of Hansel and Gretel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

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

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

4. What did Germans do to people they arrested?

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

6. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hansel makes a friend, Halina, when he ventures into the village alone. When Heliina's aunt learns who he is, she forbids them from playing with each other. Would you do the same, if in the same position? Would barring them from playing keep either of them any safer? Explain why you believe she does this and support your reasons.

Essay Topic 2

Read the following quote: "She'll only stir them up registering two, strange children. She'll give them something to think about, and that;s always a mistake" (64). Discuss what Basha means by the last sentence and the implications.

Essay Topic 3

Magda is holding Hansel after the ordeal with Gretel's illness. She tells him, "You will never be rich, my child, you will be moving too fast to be burdened with all those things that the outsider,the gadju, want" (113). Explain and discuss what she means by this statement.

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