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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Becca and Stan do for lunch on their way to Oswego?
(a) They stop and have a picnic.
(b) They go to a nice sitdown restaurant.
(c) They go through a drive-thru.
(d) They eat packed lunches in the car.

2. What type of tree is Becca's favorite?
(a) Birch tree.
(b) Maple tree.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Elm tree.

3. Who is Randolph Feist?
(a) A WWII veteran.
(b) An old friend of Gemma's.
(c) An Oswego high school teacher.
(d) A WWII historian.

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

5. What does Becca realize about the ring in Chapter 24?
(a) It belonged to Gemma's first love.
(b) It belonged to Gemma's father.
(c) It belonged to Josef.
(d) It belonged to a Nazi.

6. Who recognizes Gemma in a photograph in Chapter 12?
(a) Marge.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Samantha.

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

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

9. Why does Becca lie and say she doesn't understand Gemma's words in Chapter 17?
(a) Because she is angry at her grandmother.
(b) To trick her grandmother into telling the story again.
(c) To try and be like her sisters.
(d) Because she doesn't want to seem too smart.

10. How many people were exterminated at Majdanek?
(a) 360,000.
(b) 570,000.
(c) 24,500.
(d) 100,500.

11. What question does Becca ask Gemma in Chapter 13?
(a) Why the princess falls asleep.
(b) Whether or not Gemma enjoys telling this story.
(c) Why the story always makes Gemma sad.
(d) Why the prince is always the one to rescue the princess.

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

13. What special day is it in Chapter 21?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Veteran's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Valentine's Day.

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

15. What had fallen to ruin prior to the war in Chelmo?
(a) The church.
(b) The town council.
(c) The Polish government.
(d) A castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becca want to continue in Chapter 22?

2. What will Magda do with her gift from Becca?

3. How does the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph refer to her?

4. According to information given to Becca in Chapter 12, how did the men feel about Gemma in the camp?

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

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