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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. According to information given to Becca in Chapter 12, how did the men feel about Gemma in the camp?
(a) They were intimidated by her.
(b) They were more than a little in love with her.
(c) They felt she did not belong, as the camp was mostly men.
(d) They treated her like a mother.

2. Who objects to Gemma's story in Chapter 15?
(a) Howie.
(b) Barney.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Linn.

3. What do Becca and Stan visit in Chapter 14?
(a) A grave site.
(b) The museum in Oswego.
(c) A roadside diner.
(d) A private collection of WWII memorabilia.

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

5. Where is Brda?
(a) Toruń.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Vistula.
(d) Bydgoszcz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becca realize about Josef and his story from the past?

2. What rumors about the refugee camp does Randolph comment on in Chapter 12?

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

4. What will Magda do with her gift from Becca?

5. Where do Becca and Magda wait for Josef in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

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

4. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

5. In Chapter 15, what is the song in Gemma's version of the Briar Rose story about?

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

7. What does the priest in Chapter 22 tell Becca about Chelmno?

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

9. What does Magda say about the teacher who taught her about the concentration camps?

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

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