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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. What happens to all the German horses?

2. What does Magda do to keep Gretel from falling or leaving the cabin when she is sick with fever?

3. How do the village men determine who will save the children?

4. When a car arrives at the village, what does that car signal to the villagers?

5. What does the father, now named the Mechanik, have to do to prove his loyalty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Rom?

2. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

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

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

5. How did the Major escape the front lines in Russia?

6. What did the priest give to the children to memorize so they would fit in?

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

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

9. What did Germans do to people they arrested?

10. How did Magda introduce the children to the Major?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Magda repeats the phrase, "The wheel turns." Explain what she means by this and provide support for your explanation.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The Major meets the S.S. Oberfuhrer on page 78 of the novel. The Major is impressed with the S.S. officer's physique, but nothing else. Explain and discuss the irony of the SS officer looking down on the Major's service ribbon.

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