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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 have the Mechanik and the stepmother not had sex?
(a) There is not any privacy.
(b) He is afraid she will die if she gets pregnant.
(c) They are not in love with each other any more.
(d) They share a room with too many people.

2. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?
(a) They burn all of her clothes and her doll.
(b) Hansel and Magda have to switch money.
(c) They both wail and keen making the dark spirits think Gretel is dead.
(d) Hansel sells Gretel to Magda and tells the dark spirits that Gretel is dead, the girl is nobody.

3. What was the third book Gretel's father was able to save when they were forced from their home?
(a) Torah.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Fairy-tales.

4. What does Magda use to help Gretel's thirst when she is sick?
(a) Melted snow.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Icicles from the trees.
(d) Vodka.

5. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?
(a) Gretel understands German.
(b) She reminds him of his sister.
(c) She is from Germany.
(d) She knows what Kulturtrager meant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Magda's secret?

2. When the partisans raid the farm, what is the purpose of the hut beside the river?

3. What is Gretel able to read?

4. What does Magda miss the most about the village?

5. What is the Hour of the Wolf?

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