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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 in the woods when Gretel is raped?

2. Who is Zayde?

3. Why does the Oberfuhrer want Nelka's blood?

4. What does Hansel do to prove to the village children that he is not afraid?

5. What does the priest hear first while waiting to be captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had brought the stepmother to the field?

2. When it was stated that Gretel was mad during her inspection, what was going to be her fate at the age of 13?

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

4. Why did the Oberfuhrer participate in transfusions?

5. What tragedy is stuck in Father Poitr's mind from his service in the war?

6. Hansel provides a reason for being circumcised to the Oberfuhrer when being inspected, what was that reason?

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

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

9. What is Hansel's secret that he shares with Halina?

10. What did the Oberfuhrer demand from Nelka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Russian's group, including the Mechanik, sacked a local farm, killing the farmer and his wife and burning most of the property. Discuss the reasons behind the sacking, and the justifications for the act.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Read the following quote from the chapter "Telek," "Telek hesitated, and then climbed the steps of the church. He dropped the wood on the porch and went inside where the man hung on the cross. 'Why don't you do something?' he said the crucified man" (151). How does this scene in the novel describe the character of Telek? What struggles is he facing? Explain, using details from the text.

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