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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 King's party in Chapter 3?
(a) As loud and messy.
(b) As terrifically big.
(c) As classy and full of rich, snobby types.
(d) As horribly boring.

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

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

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

5. In Gemma's Briar Rose story, what does the prince do?
(a) He shatters the glass slipper.
(b) He marries the princess' stepmother.
(c) He wakes only the princess with his kiss.
(d) He eats a frog.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Gemma's fairy tale story, what color is the baby's hair?

4. Which of the following name is found in the public records in Chapter 10?

5. What does the Polish word 'Ksiezniczka' mean in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Becca admit to her father is the real reason she is going to work in Chapter 8?

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

4. What is different about Gemma's version of Briar Rose's story from the traditional version?

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

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

7. What are Shana and Sylvia begging their grandmother for at the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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

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