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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Telek maime Miron and Ania's little girl?
(a) He burns her arm.
(b) He breaks her leg.
(c) Telek cuts her face.
(d) He cuts off her index finger.

2. Why is Nelka chosen to provide blood to the Oberfuhrer?
(a) Sister Rosa said Nelka will be able to survive the transfusions.
(b) She is chosen because she has just given birth.
(c) Nelka is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty.
(d) She shares the same blood type.

3. What does Gretel tell Hansel and Magda she wants?
(a) A potato.
(b) A pony.
(c) Her name.
(d) An orange.

4. Why does the Oberfuhrer want Nelka's blood?
(a) He has a blood disorder.
(b) Transfusions can increase energy.
(c) Athletes do it for the Olympic games.
(d) The Oberfuhrer is mentally deranged.

5. What does the Menorah signify?
(a) That Christ will soon be born.
(b) The world is a miracle.
(c) God loves everything and everyone.
(d) Christ has been born.

6. Why is Nelka concerned for Telek's apparent calm when she meets him in the village drawing water?
(a) Telek plans to get the baby back and run away with Nelka.
(b) He is going to exact revenge on the entire village.
(c) Telek is going to try to kill the Oberfuhrer.
(d) He is planning their escape from the village.

7. What does Gretel think she is doing as Telek brings her back to the cabin?
(a) Eating an orange from her grandfather.
(b) Going to see the wild ponies.
(c) Going to her garden.
(d) Going to see a bison.

8. As Hansel is playing with the village children, what impresses the Major about Hansel?
(a) Hansel knows all the posts of the German army.
(b) He wants to play solider with the village children.
(c) His senses of courage against the village children.
(d) Hansel is smart.

9. Why is Hansel rejected when he is inspected by the Brown Sister?
(a) He has brown eyes.
(b) Hansel is not considered Aryan enough.
(c) He is circumcised.
(d) He is too young.

10. Who witnesses the priest kill the soldier and the Brown Sister?
(a) Nelka.
(b) Telek.
(c) Wiktor.
(d) Hansel.

11. What was it that Father Poitr had to get out of the boxcar when he was enlisted?
(a) Wounded Germans.
(b) Frozen Jews.
(c) Ammunition and food.
(d) Guns and explosives.

12. What do the Russian and partisans find the Germans transporting?
(a) Ammunition and explosives.
(b) Bodies of dead Jews.
(c) Bones and the heads of dead Jews.
(d) Food and clothing stolen from the Jews.

13. What suspicion does Wiktor have confirmed during the inspection of Hansel and Gretel?
(a) That Gretel has been raped.
(b) That the Major likes Gretel.
(c) That Hansel is a Jew.
(d) That the Oberfuhrer speaks Polish.

14. What is one thing Telek knows he will never touch again after injuring the children?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Vodka.

15. How does the Major get the Oberfuhrer to back off the idea of killing one-third of the village?
(a) He explains that his orders are to kill no one.
(b) He tells them they cannot leave any bodies behind, but they cannot take them with them.
(c) He suggests the Oberfuhrer take revenge on Nelka and her family.
(d) He lets the Oberfuhrer know that he knows about the blood transfusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stopps Magda from taking the children to the secret hiding place?

2. What does the Major think the result of the Christmas Eve hunt will be?

3. Who is Zayde?

4. Gretel is not right in the mind after the rape. What does Gretel expect Telek to show her?

5. What does Hansel do after he hears Telek tell Magda of his plans?

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