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

2. What does Gemma say of the people in the castle in Chapter 23?
(a) The people in the castle are celebrating when the prince arrives.
(b) They have already awakened when the prince arrives.
(c) They are not stirring when the prince arrives.
(d) A few of the people never feel asleep.

3. According to Gemma, what does a peasant warn the prince not to do?
(a) Leave his horse behind.
(b) Enter the kingdom, as no one who goes in survives.
(c) Eat anything he did not cook himself.
(d) Kiss the princess.

4. What type of tree is Becca's favorite?
(a) Maple tree.
(b) Birch tree.
(c) Elm tree.
(d) Oak tree.

5. According to Gemma, why does the length of time that the princess is asleep not matter?
(a) Because 'dead is dead'.
(b) Because the princess has no concept of time while sleeping.
(c) Because the princess doesn't age.
(d) Because the moral of the story is much more important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Sylvia ask Gemma in Chapter 17?

2. Who is Wanda?

3. Which of the following is Becca told that Gemma did not talk about at the refugee camp?

4. How do the people react to Becca's questions about the concentration camp in Chelmo in Chapter 22?

5. According to Gemma, what is still clinging to the palace walls when the prince arrives there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Becca learn was rumored about the Oswego refugee camp? What was life in the camp really like for the refugees?

4. What does Harvey recall about Gemma in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Becca note is missing from the ending of Gemma's version of the Briar Rose story?

6. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

7. What frightens the girls on Halloween in Chapter 21?

8. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

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

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