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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. What are the Kulturtrager?

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

3. What happens to all the German horses?

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

5. What do Hansel and Gretel need in order to stay with Magda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

2. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the chapter "The Drawing," the men decided to maim the children. Explain the reasons behind this conclusion, and discuss the implications. Would you be able to do the same, if faced with a similar situation?

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

The novel presented several characters who were considered outsiders. Discuss why Magda was an outsider to the villagers and considered a witch as explained in the first five chapters.

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