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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has no one from the village reported Father Piotr and Magda for being Rom?

2. Why does the Major take a liking to Gretel when she is first brought to the village?

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

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

5. What does Magda have to teach the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the absence of the children's' parents explained to the Major?

2. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

3. How did the Jew that was helping the Russian partisans die when they raided the farm?

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

5. What news does Telek deliver about the Oberfuhrer and the Brown Sister?

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

7. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

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

9. What did the old Mayor's office function as in the village?

10. What does Hansel plan to do instead of farming?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Feliks is an angry villager and we first meet Feliks on page 70 of the novel. Discuss why he is described as an angry man.

Essay Topic 2

Read the following quote: "When you're falling off a cliff, you can even grip a razor blade, child" (65). Discuss the meaning behind Magda's comment.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the Major saves Gretel's life during the inspection of the children in the chapter "Eindeutschung." Discuss the reasons and the implications.

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