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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nelka collect all the Russian fliers that are dropped from the sky?
(a) She wants to show the other villagers.
(b) It makes great toilet paper.
(c) It cannot be seen by the German soldiers.
(d) The paper can be reused for writing.

2. What do Hansel and Gretel need in order to stay with Magda?
(a) Polish papers.
(b) Citizen papers.
(c) Birth certificates.
(d) Baptismal certificates.

3. Why does Hansel want to look like a Nazi?
(a) Nazi's all have blonde hair.
(b) Nazi's have guns.
(c) Nazi's are never told what to do.
(d) Nazi's all have clean uniforms.

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

5. Why does Telek believe Nelka's baby will come sooner than December?
(a) The baby is not healthy.
(b) Nelka is undernourished.
(c) The baby is at full term.
(d) Nelka is not sure of her actual due date.

6. Why do the children tell Magda they like turnips?
(a) Because Magda likes them.
(b) Becuase turnips are soft and mushy.
(c) So that Magda will continue to feed them.
(d) Turnips remind them of home.

7. Why is the Mechanik happy to make a bomb?
(a) He is an expert bomb maker.
(b) He looks forward to blowing up Germans.
(c) He is happy that he would blow up Russians.
(d) He is happy to be making something.

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

9. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?
(a) SS soldiers are coming.
(b) They are all going to be taken away.
(c) There is a change in leadership.
(d) Something bad is going to happen to someone.

10. Germans leave bodies where they are killed, why?
(a) The ground is frozen and they cannot bury the bodies.
(b) As a warning to the Poles.
(c) Germans do not believe in burring the dead.
(d) There are too many bodies to bury.

11. When did Hansel throw his luck away?
(a) When Magda stole a button off Hansel's coat.
(b) When Hansel threw his breadcrumbs on the ground.
(c) When Hansel crossed the line the old woman drew.
(d) When Hansel stole the bread given to the birds.

12. What does the Stepmother discover during the raid on the train?
(a) She discovers a car full of ammunition and guns.
(b) The Stepmother learns the children are safe.
(c) She learns the Mechanic would take his children.
(d) She finds the bodies of many dead Jews.

13. What does Magda have to teach the children?
(a) How to be Catholic.
(b) Family history.
(c) How to say the rosary.
(d) How to cook their own food.

14. There is a posting in the village about the execution of three villagers. Why were three prisoners killed?
(a) They were on death row.
(b) A German soldier was severley injured.
(c) Someone had made illegal vodka.
(d) They took German soldiers cigarettes.

15. Why is it hard for Gretel to know what day it is?
(a) There is no clock or calendar.
(b) Gretel cannot tell time.
(c) Gretel has lost count of the days.
(d) Magda does not go to the village regularly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saves the children's father from being killed by the band of partisans?

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

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

4. Why was the old woman, named Magda, feeding the birds?

5. What relationship does Nelka have with Father Piotr?

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