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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 are Samantha and Linn associated with?
(a) A war veteran charity.
(b) A WWII-related social group.
(c) A refugee shelter.
(d) The new museum in Oswego.

2. Who is Randolph Feist?
(a) A WWII historian.
(b) An old friend of Gemma's.
(c) A WWII veteran.
(d) An Oswego high school teacher.

3. What does Becca note about Gemma's Sleeping Beauty version in Chapter 12?
(a) It does not have the magical elements found in the traditional story.
(b) It doesn't end happily like the traditional story.
(c) There are more characters in the traditional story.
(d) It is much longer than the traditional story.

4. According to Gemma in Chapter 17, what must the prince do to keep the people alive?
(a) Sing to them everyday.
(b) Record their memories in a book.
(c) Tell the people in the future about their lives.
(d) Feed them medicine.

5. What does Becca ask Josef in Chapter 24?
(a) Whether he kept in touch with Gemma.
(b) Whether he is her grandfather.
(c) Whether he can speak Polish.
(d) Whether he was in love with Gemma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Becca and Stan do for lunch on their way to Oswego?

2. What do Becca and Stan visit in Chapter 14?

3. Who recognizes Gemma in a photograph in Chapter 12?

4. What does Gemma do for Becca before continuing her story in Chapter 19?

5. What is Kulmhof?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Becca question Gemma about her story in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do the girls react to Gemma's explanation to how the cursed, dead people in her story can have future lives?

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

10. Who is Magda Bronski?

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