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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on top of Gemma's box of mementos?
(a) A carved rose and briar.
(b) Gemma's signature.
(c) A carving of Jesus on the cross.
(d) A smiley face.

2. Which of the documents is NOT found in Gemma's memento box?
(a) A report card.
(b) A birth certificate for Eve Stein.
(c) Immunization records.
(d) A mortgage on the house where Becca was raised.

3. Who is Dr. Berlin?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Becca's father.
(c) Gemma's doctor.
(d) A family friend.

4. What is Howie's profession?
(a) He is a pediatrician.
(b) He is an orthodontist.
(c) He is a therapist.
(d) He is a neurosurgeon.

5. Who does the family believe the picture of the man found in the box is?
(a) A long lost son.
(b) A cousin or boyfriend of Gemma's.
(c) Gemma's uncle.
(d) A supervisor or boss of some sort.

6. How does Gemma describe the bad fairy in Chapter 3?
(a) As the one in black.
(b) As the one with the horns.
(c) As the smallest one.
(d) As the one with the large green wart.

7. Who is Eve?
(a) Becca's sister.
(b) Becca's aunt.
(c) Becca's mother.
(d) Becca's best friend.

8. What does Becca make Eve promise in Chapter 6 before going to bed?
(a) To keep her investigation a secret from the rest of the family.
(b) To give Becca an hour the next day to ask her questions about her mother.
(c) To leave the items from the memento box spread out on the dining room table.
(d) To help her investigate her grandmother's past.

9. What does Becca do in the middle of the night in Chapter 6?
(a) Writes a list of things she hopes to do before she dies.
(b) Visits her grandmother's grave.
(c) Writes in her diary.
(d) Organizes the contents of Gemma's memento box.

10. At what point in her story does Gemma shudder in Chapter 3?
(a) When she speaks of the insect invasion.
(b) When she speaks of the terrible storm.
(c) When she speaks of the curse.
(d) When she speaks of the bad smell.

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

12. What is the name on the paper documenting the arrival of a refugee into America?
(a) Oleksa Eidelberg.
(b) Aneila Brauer.
(c) Gitl Mandlestein.
(d) Rosalia Wysocki.

13. What fairy tale does Becca mean when she asks to be told "Seepin Boot"?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Puss'n'Boots.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Snow White.

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

15. Where is Oswego?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Becca's work located?

2. What does Becca avoid upon arriving at work in Chapter 8?

3. In Gemma's story, at what age will the heroine be when the curse comes to pass?

4. What is the name of the newspaper where Becca works?

5. Who is Mike?

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