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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. What do Becca's nieces and nephew ask for in Chapter 4?
(a) Presents.
(b) A bedtime story.
(c) A small box of trinkets belonging to Gemma.
(d) Milk.

2. Where is Becca's work located?
(a) In a highrise.
(b) In the basement of the library.
(c) In a Victorian era row house.
(d) In a remodeled mill.

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

4. During Gemma's wake, what is done to the mirrors in the house?
(a) They are painted black.
(b) They are stored away.
(c) They are smashed.
(d) They are covered.

5. What is being made into a museum as of Chapter 8?
(a) A WWII battleship docked off Oswego bay.
(b) A dignitary's home in Oswego.
(c) Fort Oswego.
(d) Roosevelt's creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Becca seek out one of the clerks at the town hall in Chapter 9?

2. What last name does the family suggest of the owner of the ring in Chapter 4?

3. What did Roosevelt create in 1944 in Oswego?

4. According to Gemma, at what point will little Becca not want to hear her fairy tale story any longer?

5. Who is Dr. Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Becca do in Chapter 2, which he sisters urge her not to?

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

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

4. What do the Berlins debate about Gemma's real name in Chapter 4?

5. What do Sylvia and Shana make fun of Becca for in Chapter 2?

6. When she investigates her grandmother's newspaper clippings, what does Becca learn from Arnie at the Palladium Times in Oswego?

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

8. How does Becca explain having never seen Gemma's carved box before in Chapter 8?

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

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

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