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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Magda, what happened to a teacher who gave graphic details about the concentration camp?
(a) She was forced to recant her words.
(b) She did not return as a teacher the following year.
(c) She was demoted.
(d) She was scolded in front of the entire school.

2. What question does Becca ask Gemma in Chapter 13?
(a) Why the story always makes Gemma sad.
(b) Why the prince is always the one to rescue the princess.
(c) Why the princess falls asleep.
(d) Whether or not Gemma enjoys telling this story.

3. In Gemma's story, at what age will the heroine be when the curse comes to pass?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. Why does Becca seek out one of the clerks at the town hall in Chapter 9?
(a) He is a friend of the family.
(b) He came to America as a refugee, much like Gemma did.
(c) He speaks Polish.
(d) He has worked at the town hall since WWII.

5. What shocked Marge about the refugee camp upon first sight?
(a) The lack of sanitation facilities.
(b) The size of the camp.
(c) The stench.
(d) The barbed wire and bare barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gemma's version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale make no mention of?

2. How many people were exterminated at Majdanek?

3. How does Gemma describe the King's party in Chapter 3?

4. In the traditional Briar Rose story, what does the prince do?

5. What does Becca find odd about Gemma's memento box in Chapter 8?

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