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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 have the Mechanik and the stepmother not had sex?
2. Why do the village men think the Major cannot rest in the evening like a normal person?
3. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?
4. When the Oberfuhrer arrives, what does the Major find offensive about the SS soldier's medals?
5. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Jew that was helping the Russian partisans die when they raided the farm?
2. What did the priest give to the children to memorize so they would fit in?
3. What did Germans use to travel from village to village?
4. What did the Russian partisans do to get food and clothing?
5. What do the village men decide to do in order to stop their children from being taken away?
6. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?
7. What did Germans do to people they arrested?
8. What did the old Mayor's office function as in the village?
9. What happened to Magda's grandmother?
10. How did Magda introduce the children to the Major?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Major meets the S.S. Oberfuhrer on page 78 of the novel. The Major is impressed with the S.S. officer's physique, but nothing else. Explain and discuss the irony of the SS officer looking down on the Major's service ribbon.
Essay Topic 2
In the first part of the book, you learn about Telek, another outsider character. Describe his character, his actions, and explain how he evolved into the man he is in the novel.
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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