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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. Who is Josef?
(a) A historian who met Gemma once.
(b) A man from Germany who fled the country before the war began.
(c) A partisan in the war who will share what he knows with Becca.
(d) An old friend of Gemma's who remained in contact with her until her death.

2. What does Sylvia try to do when she calls Becca in Chapter 16?
(a) Tries to convince Becca to lend her money.
(b) Tries to convince Becca to invite her along.
(c) Tries to convince Becca to tell her a secret.
(d) Tries to convince Becca not to travel.

3. For how long do Magda and Becca plan to stay at Josef's house?
(a) The entire day or as long as it takes for him to complete the story.
(b) As short amount of time as possible.
(c) For an hour or so.
(d) Overnight.

4. What had Becca's first article at her present job been about?
(a) A refugee's personal story.
(b) The opening of a new school.
(c) A traveling circus.
(d) A battered women's shelter.

5. What does Becca realize about Josef and his story from the past?
(a) It must be painful to tell his story.
(b) His memory has gotten quite fuzzy.
(c) He is most likely making up a great deal of his story.
(d) He must have explained his story with many others who have arrived over the years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becca think about Gemma's version of the Briar Rose story?

2. What is the name of the camp where Gemma was held now called?

3. How many people were exterminated at Majdanek?

4. What does the building where Becca works overlook?

5. Why has Eve always thought that Gemma took the nickname of Dawna?

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