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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marge Pierce?
(a) Gemma's sister-in-law.
(b) A refugee who experience a concentration camp firsthand.
(c) An old friend of Gemma's.
(d) A citizen of Oswego who recalls the refugee camp.

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

3. What does Becca point out to her father that Gemma did not have in Chapter 14?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) A tattoo indicating that she had been in a camp.
(c) A marriage band.
(d) Proof of her voyage to America.

4. What does Becca note about Gemma's Sleeping Beauty version in Chapter 12?
(a) It does not have the magical elements found in the traditional story.
(b) There are more characters in the traditional story.
(c) It is much longer than the traditional story.
(d) It doesn't end happily like the traditional story.

5. What question does Sylvia ask Gemma in Chapter 17?
(a) How can the people in the story have future lives if they're dead?
(b) How come the king and his family don't hide?
(c) How come the prince doesn't jump over the fence?
(d) Why does the bad fairy wants to curse the princess?

6. What does Magda offer to do for Becca in Chapter 22?
(a) Introduce her to some eligible men.
(b) Turn the trip into a touristy affair.
(c) Cook her an authentic Polish dish.
(d) Drive her to the neighboring city.

7. What does Becca bring to Magda as a gift in Chapter 18?
(a) An American guidebook.
(b) A bouquet of roses.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Blue jeans.

8. Where is Gemma telling Becca the fairy tale story in Chapter 15?
(a) At the park.
(b) On a school bus.
(c) During a baseball game.
(d) At the movie theatre.

9. How does the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph refer to her?
(a) As 'Nogi'.
(b) As Dobrze``.
(c) As 'Ksiezniczka'.
(d) As `Piwo`.

10. Who is Linn?
(a) Becca's college friend.
(b) A WWII artifact collector.
(c) A refugee from Poland.
(d) Samantha's husband.

11. What is Brda?
(a) A school.
(b) A museum.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A restaurant.

12. According to Gemma, what is still clinging to the palace walls when the prince arrives there?
(a) Paint.
(b) A mist.
(c) Mold.
(d) Insects.

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

14. Who is Magda Bronski?
(a) Gemma's old neighbor.
(b) Becca's translator.
(c) Becca's aunt.
(d) A museum curator.

15. According to legend, where can the souls of the dead be found?
(a) In pine trees.
(b) In spruce trees.
(c) In birch trees.
(d) In elm trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josef realize upon looking at Gemma's photo?

2. What rumors about the refugee camp does Randolph comment on in Chapter 12?

3. According to Gemma, why does the length of time that the princess is asleep not matter?

4. Why does Becca lie and say she doesn't understand Gemma's words in Chapter 17?

5. Who is Harvey Goldman?

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