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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Oswego newspaper where one of the articles in the box is from?
(a) The Eastern Times.
(b) Frontier Times.
(c) Palladium Times.
(d) The State Times.

2. According to Stan, everyone knows where they come from with the exception of who?
(a) A young refugee.
(b) An adopted child.
(c) Someone with amnesia.
(d) A world traveler.

3. What information does Arnie provide Becca in Chapter 8?
(a) Information about the history of Oswego.
(b) Information about the Oswego museum.
(c) Information about the trust fund in place for WWII refugees.
(d) Information about the National Archives and the War Relocation Authority.

4. Why has Eve always thought that Gemma took the nickname of Dawna?
(a) Dawn was her favorite time of day.
(b) So that the two of them could be Dawn and Eve.
(c) It was easy to pronounce and spell.
(d) Because it was the name of Gemma's mother.

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

6. Why does Stan plan to go to Becca's house in Chapter 9?
(a) To meet her parents.
(b) To give her some information he has gathered.
(c) To confess his true feelings to Becca.
(d) To look over the gathered information with Becca.

7. How many granddaughters does Gemma have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

8. What did Roosevelt create in 1944 in Oswego?
(a) A holiday honoring the survivors of the Holocaust.
(b) A war refugee shelter.
(c) A library honoring the soldiers fighting in WWII.
(d) A bomb shelter.

9. For what word does Gemma refuse to tell her granddaughters the definition of in Chapter 9?
(a) Barbs.
(b) Holocaust.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Nazi.

10. In Gemma's Briar Rose story, what does the prince do?
(a) He marries the princess' stepmother.
(b) He wakes only the princess with his kiss.
(c) He shatters the glass slipper.
(d) He eats a frog.

11. Where does Becca fall asleep in Chapter 6?
(a) At the kitchen table.
(b) At her desk at work.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In her car.

12. In the traditional Briar Rose story, what does the prince do?
(a) He saves the princess from her evil stepmother.
(b) He wakes everyone with his kiss with the princess.
(c) He travels the country with a glass slipper.
(d) He turns into a frog.

13. What does Stan urge Becca to do in regards to Gemma's past in Chapter 8?
(a) Continue looking for leads.
(b) Close that chapter of her life.
(c) Really think about whether or not she wants to know the truth.
(d) Talk to her family about taking the next step.

14. Who goes to the nursing home in Chapter 2?
(a) Sylvia and Becca.
(b) Becca.
(c) Eve and Becca.
(d) Shana, Sylvia and Becca.

15. According to what the family knows in Chapter 4, when did Gemma come to America?
(a) During WWII.
(b) In the early 1950's.
(c) Prior to the outbreak of WWII.
(d) As a child in the 1920's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on top of Gemma's box of mementos?

2. What is Howie's profession?

3. What does Becca make Eve promise in Chapter 6 before going to bed?

4. What is the name on the paper documenting the arrival of a refugee into America?

5. Who is Mike?

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