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

2. What does Harvey note about the refugees during their stay in the camp?
(a) They were confined while German POWs were getting weekend passes.
(b) They were rude to Americans.
(c) They were grateful to be on American soil.
(d) They were treated like royalty.

3. What does Becca bring to Magda as a gift in Chapter 18?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) An American guidebook.
(c) A bouquet of roses.
(d) Blue jeans.

4. Who meets Becca at the airport in Chapter 18?
(a) A tour guide.
(b) Wanda.
(c) Magda.
(d) No one.

5. Where will Becca stay for a night while in Oswego?
(a) In a motel.
(b) In her car.
(c) At Stan's friend's house.
(d) At a relative's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph, what did she have with her at the camp?

2. What does Becca note about Gemma's Sleeping Beauty version in Chapter 12?

3. What question does Becca ask Gemma in Chapter 13?

4. Why does Becca urge Gemma to hurry her story along in Chapter 19?

5. What does Becca ask Josef in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What horrifies Harvey about Gemma's last known address, the town of Kulmhof?

2. Where does Gemma tell Becca the Briar Rose story in Chapter 15? Who else listens, and what does he object to?

3. How does Gemma explain that the cursed, dead people in her story can have future lives?

4. What realization does Becca have when she meets Josef Potocki?

5. What does Becca find out about Gitl Mandlestein in Chapter 10?

6. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

7. In Chapter 20, what does Magda say inspired her to return to her own Jewish roots?

8. What does Becca give Magda as a gift? What does Magda intend to do with the item?

9. What do Becca and Magda discover about the people in Chelmno?

10. In Chapter 24, why does Josef ask Becca to visit his house, and for how long?

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