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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 felt she did not belong, as the camp was mostly men.
(c) They were more than a little in love with her.
(d) They treated her like a mother.

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

3. How many people were exterminated at Majdanek?
(a) 100,500.
(b) 24,500.
(c) 360,000.
(d) 570,000.

4. What do Becca's parents think of her travel plans in Chapter 16?
(a) They are indifferent to her plans.
(b) They object to them.
(c) They are touched that she wants to find the answers.
(d) They are supportive of her plans and promise to help her prepare for the trip.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harvey note about Kulmhof?

4. Who is Randolph Feist?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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