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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) The museum in Oswego.
(b) A private collection of WWII memorabilia.
(c) A grave site.
(d) A roadside diner.

2. Who is Josef?
(a) A partisan in the war who will share what he knows with Becca.
(b) An old friend of Gemma's who remained in contact with her until her death.
(c) A historian who met Gemma once.
(d) A man from Germany who fled the country before the war began.

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

4. Why is Gemma telling Becca the fairy tale story in Chapter 13?
(a) Becca is trying to fall asleep.
(b) Becca is bored.
(c) Becca is home sick.
(d) Becca is angry with her sisters.

5. What time do Magda and Becca plan to go to Josef's house in Chapter 24?
(a) 12pm.
(b) 2pm.
(c) 11am.
(d) 1pm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the people react to Becca's questions about the concentration camp in Chelmo in Chapter 22?

3. What type of tree is Becca's favorite?

4. Who objects to Gemma's story in Chapter 15?

5. Who is Samantha?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the story does Gemma tell Becca in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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