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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 does the priest decide to get the baby for Nelka?

2. Why is Hansel rejected when he is inspected by the Brown Sister?

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

4. What is Eindeutschung?

5. Who shoots the rapists?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Nelka, Telek and the baby?

3. What did the Oberfuhrer demand from Nelka?

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

5. Why did the Oberfuhrer participate in transfusions?

6. What was going to happen to Nelka's baby, once inspected?

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

8. What is the Oberfuhrer's ultimate goal in making the priest preach in this manner?

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

10. What was the car, painted green with an odd shape and open top?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The novel begins with an introduction by the "witch" and ends with a prologue from the "witch". Why does the author choose to do this? Is it effective? Should it be different? Explain why the author made this choice, discuss it's effectiveness and provide support.

Essay Topic 3

Magda's brother is the village priest. Discuss how the priest is presented in the first five chapters, use evidence of his behavior to elaborate.

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