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

2. There is a posting in the village about the execution of three villagers. Why were three prisoners killed?

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

4. Why do Magda, Hansel and Gretel wash with kerosene?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

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

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

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

5. What did the Stepmother do to win the approval of the Russian partisans when they first met?

6. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

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

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

9. What are the Rom?

10. What did Germans use to travel from village to village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Feliks is an angry villager and we first meet Feliks on page 70 of the novel. Discuss why he is described as an angry man.

Essay Topic 2

Read the following quote: "When you're falling off a cliff, you can even grip a razor blade, child" (65). Discuss the meaning behind Magda's comment.

Essay Topic 3

The story opens with a woman insisting two children are left on the the side of a road. Discuss the Stepmother's insistence to abandon the children in the forest. In what ways did it help? In what ways did it not help? Would you have done the same if you were in that situation?

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