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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sugar - December, 1943 (pp.66-129).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Russian's group target the train?
(a) There are captured Russians on the train.
(b) The train is carrying Jews to concentration camps.
(c) It has ammunition and supplies.
(d) They want to kill the German soldiers.

2. Why has no one from the village reported Father Piotr and Magda for being Rom?
(a) The villagers didn't know they were Rom.
(b) The villagers just hadn't yet the opportunity.
(c) The man was a priest.
(d) The villagers were afraid the woman, Magda, was a witch.

3. Why does Nelka call the kerosene "Polish Perfume"?
(a) Kerosene was used to keep hunger at bay.
(b) Kerosene was used to keep the bugs at bay.
(c) Kerosene was all they had to use for perfume.
(d) Kerosene was a traditional scent.

4. What does Magda miss the most about the village?
(a) The smells of the pecans and peaches.
(b) The soup.
(c) The smells of cooking.
(d) Oranges.

5. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?
(a) Gretel is afraid she will make a mistake.
(b) Magda is afraid the boy will forget his story.
(c) The priest might have second thoughts and turn them in.
(d) Magda does not think Gretel and Hansel will pass as her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?

2. What is Magda's secret?

3. What was the woman, Magda, terrified of?

4. What does Magda do with peroxide?

5. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?

(see the answer key)

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