The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Murphy, Louise
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Murphy, Louise
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does the Stepmother discover during the raid on the train?

2. Telek tells Gretel what you must do you do if you want to see the animals of the forest. What was it?

3. Why do the Mechanik, and the other partisans, cover their urine with snow?

4. Why is Magda nervous about the children being in town?

5. What do Hansel and Gretel need in order to stay with Magda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Magda's grandmother?

3. How was the supply truck's stop at Magda's to drop the two children off explained?

4. What secret is Basha and Andrzej keeping?

5. What are the Rom?

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

7. What explanation is given to the Major on how the children were brought to Magda?

8. What does Kulturtrager mean?

9. What did the Russian partisans call the Stepmother?

10. Why did Magda take the children to the village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the first part of the book, you learn about Telek, another outsider character. Describe his character, his actions, and explain how he evolved into the man he is in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Magda's brother is the village priest. Discuss how the priest is presented in the first five chapters, use evidence of his behavior to elaborate.

Essay Topic 3

The story opens with a woman insisting two children are left on the the side of a road. Discuss the Stepmother's insistence to abandon the children in the forest. In what ways did it help? In what ways did it not help? Would you have done the same if you were in that situation?

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