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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Magda Bronski?
(a) Becca's aunt.
(b) A museum curator.
(c) Gemma's old neighbor.
(d) Becca's translator.

5. What does Becca rent in Chapter 20?
(a) A car.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A bike.
(d) A fancy dress.

6. How do the people react to Becca's questions about the concentration camp in Chelmo in Chapter 22?
(a) They are afraid to speak of it.
(b) They are unwilling to talk about it.
(c) They are eager to share what they know.
(d) They are busy but promise to talk about it later.

7. What is Kulmhof?
(a) The neighborhood where Gemma grew up.
(b) A slang term used by those in the concentration camps.
(c) A village where Gemma hid during the war.
(d) A camp where the only purpose is extermination.

8. What will Magda do with her gift from Becca?
(a) Give it to her friend.
(b) Sell it on the black market.
(c) Put it in water.
(d) Read it.

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

10. According to Gemma, why does the length of time that the princess is asleep not matter?
(a) Because 'dead is dead'.
(b) Because the princess has no concept of time while sleeping.
(c) Because the moral of the story is much more important.
(d) Because the princess doesn't age.

11. What do Becca and Stan do for lunch on their way to Oswego?
(a) They stop and have a picnic.
(b) They go through a drive-thru.
(c) They go to a nice sitdown restaurant.
(d) They eat packed lunches in the car.

12. What special day is it in Chapter 21?
(a) Veteran's Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

13. What does Becca point out to her father that Gemma did not have in Chapter 14?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) A tattoo indicating that she had been in a camp.
(c) A marriage band.
(d) Proof of her voyage to America.

14. Who is Marge Pierce?
(a) Gemma's sister-in-law.
(b) An old friend of Gemma's.
(c) A citizen of Oswego who recalls the refugee camp.
(d) A refugee who experience a concentration camp firsthand.

15. What shocked Marge about the refugee camp upon first sight?
(a) The lack of sanitation facilities.
(b) The stench.
(c) The size of the camp.
(d) The barbed wire and bare barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harvey note about the refugees during their stay in the camp?

2. Who is Linn?

3. What does Becca realize about Josef and his story from the past?

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

5. Where does Becca want to travel to in Chapter 16?

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