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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. What is Gretel able to read?
(a) German and French.
(b) A little Polish.
(c) Gretel is not able to read.
(d) Polish, German, and French.

2. Who is Nelka?
(a) The bastard granddaughter of the priest.
(b) Magda's pregnant friend.
(c) The granddaughter of Magda.
(d) Telek's pregnant wife.

3. According to the Russian partisan leader, what is the first job of the partisan group?
(a) To cover all their tracks so no one knows they were there.
(b) To survive.
(c) To help the Russians fighting.
(d) To kill German soldiers whenever they find them.

4. According to the Witch on page 1, what story has been told over and over again full of lies?
(a) Wicked Stepmother.
(b) World War II.
(c) Nazi Invasion.
(d) Hansel and Gretel.

5. How do the village men justify that Telek is short on the draw?
(a) They say Telek was never one of them anyway.
(b) Telek is not a father, so it will be easy for him.
(c) They believe they should not have to hurt their own children.
(d) Telek is the strongest and quietest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the stepmother so interested in the burning barn?

2. Why did Gretel study the old woman's clothes when the two children came across the hut?

3. What secret was the Stepmother keeping from the father of Hansel and Gretel?

4. Why did the boy, now named Hansel, leave breadcrumbs in the forest?

5. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?

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