Maybe they don't believe there are no elephants in Germany.
If someone came up to you on the street and said "You are an elephant. Are you an elephant?" you wouldn't say "yes".
If someone came up to you on the street and said "You are an elephant. Are you an elephant?" you wouldn't say "yes".
This leaves the test author with a challenge of establishing genre as test rules-of-engagement.
Well, it was worth a try.