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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Howie suggest of Gemma in Chapter 4?
(a) She was struggling with demons.
(b) She was deluded and not living in the real world.
(c) She was living in the past.
(d) She was obsessive-compulsive.

3. What kind of building does Gemma mention during her story in Chapter 2?
(a) An old mill.
(b) A lighthouse.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A castle.

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

5. What does Gemma's box, found by the family, contain?
(a) A lock of hair and some love letters.
(b) Some money and the deed to her summer cottage.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Photos, newspaper clippings and some documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gemma tell the fairy tale story to in Chapter 5?

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

3. What do Becca's nieces and nephew ask for in Chapter 4?

4. What time does Stan plan to arrive at Becca's house in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what do we learn about Gemma's past?

2. What does Sylvia press Gemma for a definition for in Chapter 9?

3. While going through Gemma's box of mementos in Chapter 6, what does Becca realize about them?

4. What does Becca's father remind her of when she says she is going to work in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 3, who does Gemma say was not invited to the King's party?

6. Besides the document with an unknown name on it, what is inside the carved box which had belonged to Gemma?

7. Where are Becca's work offices housed? What were Becca's first 'real' articles at the Advocate about?

8. In Chapter 7, what does Gemma tell Becca she will probably lose interest in after she starts school?

9. What are the documents that Becca falls asleep going over in Chapter 6?

10. As she continues the story in Chapter 6, how long does Gemma say the cursed people in the story slept for?

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