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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 Sylvia try to do when she calls Becca in Chapter 16?
(a) Tries to convince Becca not to travel.
(b) Tries to convince Becca to invite her along.
(c) Tries to convince Becca to tell her a secret.
(d) Tries to convince Becca to lend her money.

2. What had fallen to ruin prior to the war in Chelmo?
(a) The town council.
(b) A castle.
(c) The church.
(d) The Polish government.

3. According to legend, where can the souls of the dead be found?
(a) In pine trees.
(b) In birch trees.
(c) In elm trees.
(d) In spruce trees.

4. According to information given to Becca in Chapter 12, how did the men feel about Gemma in the camp?
(a) They treated her like a mother.
(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 were intimidated by her.

5. What is the name of the camp where Gemma was held now called?
(a) Chelmno.
(b) Sobibor.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Belzec.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becca ask Josef in Chapter 24?

2. What does Becca point out to her father that Gemma did not have in Chapter 14?

3. What are Samantha and Linn associated with?

4. For how long do Magda and Becca plan to stay at Josef's house?

5. Where is Gemma telling Becca the fairy tale story in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?

2. How does Becca find out the meaning of 'Ksiezniczka'?

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

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

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

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

7. What do Becca's family members try to dissuade her from doing in Chapter 16?

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

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

10. Who is Magda Bronski?

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