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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 Magda, what happened to a teacher who gave graphic details about the concentration camp?
(a) She was forced to recant her words.
(b) She did not return as a teacher the following year.
(c) She was scolded in front of the entire school.
(d) She was demoted.

2. According to information given to Becca in Chapter 12, how did the men feel about Gemma in the camp?
(a) They were more than a little in love with her.
(b) They felt she did not belong, as the camp was mostly men.
(c) They treated her like a mother.
(d) They were intimidated by her.

3. What does Becca spend her first day in Poland doing?
(a) Researching.
(b) Visiting friends and family.
(c) Tourist-type stuff.
(d) Sleeping.

4. According to the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph, what did she have with her at the camp?
(a) A religious book.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A baby.

5. According to Gemma, what does a peasant warn the prince not to do?
(a) Kiss the princess.
(b) Leave his horse behind.
(c) Eat anything he did not cook himself.
(d) Enter the kingdom, as no one who goes in survives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do Becca and Magda find that tells them about the concentration camp in Chelmo?

3. How many people were exterminated at Majdanek?

4. Who is Magda Bronski?

5. Who is Josef?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Becca give Magda as a gift? What does Magda intend to do with the item?

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

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

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

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

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