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

2. Who is Mike?
(a) Shana's husband.
(b) Becca's father.
(c) Becca's boyfriend.
(d) Sylvia's husband.

3. Where does Becca fall asleep in Chapter 6?
(a) At her desk at work.
(b) In her car.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) At the kitchen table.

4. 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.

5. Who does Gemma tell the fairy tale story to in Chapter 5?
(a) Gemma's sister.
(b) A radio program.
(c) Becca's class.
(d) Becca and her friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becca note about Gemma's family in Chapter 6?

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

3. What does Becca think about Gemma's version of the Briar Rose story?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, why does Becca suppose Gemma was so caught up with the part of her story which said the curse would affect Briar Rose's whole family?

3. In Chapter 5, what frightens Becca's friend?

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

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

6. After Gemma's funeral, what do Becca's parents reveal was found among Gemma's things?

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

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

9. What does Gemma tell her granddaughters about the baby born to the King and Queen in the story?

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

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