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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Becca urge Gemma to hurry her story along in Chapter 19?
(a) Because she needs to use the washroom.
(b) Because she is late for her dance lessons.
(c) Because she has to go to school.
(d) Because she has a friend coming over.

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

3. Who is Harvey Goldman?
(a) The mayor of Oswego.
(b) Becca's maternal grandfather.
(c) A refugee interred in the refugee camp in Oswego.
(d) Gemma's first love.

4. Why is Gemma telling Becca the fairy tale story in Chapter 13?
(a) Becca is bored.
(b) Becca is home sick.
(c) Becca is angry with her sisters.
(d) Becca is trying to fall asleep.

5. Who do Becca and Magda find that tells them about the concentration camp in Chelmo?
(a) A retired veteran.
(b) A priest.
(c) A man in prison.
(d) A homeless man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Magda Bronski?

2. What time does Stan arrive at Becca's house in Chapter 12?

3. What time do Magda and Becca plan to go to Josef's house in Chapter 24?

4. Who is Randolph Feist?

5. What does Becca point out to her father that Gemma did not have in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Becca and Magda discover about the people in Chelmno?

2. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

3. What part of the story does Gemma tell Becca in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 24, why does Josef ask Becca to visit his house, and for how long?

5. What does the priest in Chapter 22 tell Becca about Chelmno?

6. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?

7. What do Becca's family members try to dissuade her from doing in Chapter 16?

8. What does Harvey recall about Gemma in Chapter 12?

9. What does Becca give Magda as a gift? What does Magda intend to do with the item?

10. Who is Magda Bronski?

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