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

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

3. What does Becca realize about the ring in Chapter 24?
(a) It belonged to a Nazi.
(b) It belonged to Josef.
(c) It belonged to Gemma's father.
(d) It belonged to Gemma's first love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Harvey note about Kulmhof?

3. Who is Harvey Goldman?

4. What is Brda?

5. According to Gemma in Chapter 17, what must the prince do to keep the people alive?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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