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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 king and his family don't hide?
(d) How come the prince doesn't jump over the fence?

2. What question does Becca ask Gemma in Chapter 13?
(a) Why the princess falls asleep.
(b) Why the story always makes Gemma sad.
(c) Why the prince is always the one to rescue the princess.
(d) Whether or not Gemma enjoys telling this story.

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

4. According to Becca's source in Chapter 12, who put the curse on Gemma?
(a) Gemma`s first love.
(b) Gemma`s mother.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) America.

5. What does Magda offer to do for Becca in Chapter 22?
(a) Cook her an authentic Polish dish.
(b) Turn the trip into a touristy affair.
(c) Introduce her to some eligible men.
(d) Drive her to the neighboring city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocked Marge about the refugee camp upon first sight?

2. What does Josef realize upon looking at Gemma's photo?

3. Who is Randolph Feist?

4. What lie does Becca tell Shana in Chapter 16?

5. What does Gemma say of the people in the castle in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

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

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