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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 question does Sylvia ask Gemma in Chapter 17?
(a) How can the people in the story have future lives if they're dead?
(b) Why does the bad fairy wants to curse the princess?
(c) How come the prince doesn't jump over the fence?
(d) How come the king and his family don't hide?

2. Who do Becca and Magda find that tells them about the concentration camp in Chelmo?
(a) A priest.
(b) A man in prison.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) A retired veteran.

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

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

5. What does Becca bring to Magda as a gift in Chapter 18?
(a) A bouquet of roses.
(b) An American guidebook.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Blue jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph, what did she have with her at the camp?

2. According to information given to Becca in Chapter 12, how did the men feel about Gemma in the camp?

3. Why does Becca lie and say she doesn't understand Gemma's words in Chapter 17?

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

5. Who is Samantha?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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