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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Telek tells Gretel what you must do you do if you want to see the animals of the forest. What was it?
(a) You need to stand very still and not move.
(b) The wind must be blowing from behind you.
(c) You must keep the wind in your face.
(d) You need to make sure there is no wind and stand still.

2. Why does Magda take the children to the Major in the village?
(a) To show that they are not Jews.
(b) She wants the Major to see Gretel.
(c) To get food rations.
(d) To show the children the village.

3. What does Nelka confess while she is in labor?
(a) She is in love with Telek.
(b) Her husband is alive.
(c) Telek is the baby's father.
(d) She left her husband for Telek.

4. Why is the Man, woman and two children riding motorcycle?
(a) They are fleeing the Ghetto.
(b) They are trying to escape the Nazis.
(c) They have broken the law.
(d) The are trying to get over the border.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Gretel look all around them before they got out of the pile of leaves?

3. Why have the Mechanik and the stepmother not had sex?

4. What animal does Gretel and Hansel get to see with Telek in their fist venture out into the forest?

5. How does Magda and Hansel help Gretel get better?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Russian partisans do to get food and clothing?

2. What did the Stepmother do to win the approval of the Russian partisans when they first met?

3. What happened to the Poles if they were caught with a bicycle?

4. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

5. What did the Major think of Gretel when he first interacted with her in the village?

6. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

7. What did Germans use to travel from village to village?

8. What did Magda plan to say that would cover Hansel's circumcision?

9. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

10. What do the village men decide to do in order to stop their children from being taken away?

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