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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumors about the refugee camp does Randolph comment on in Chapter 12?

2. What had fallen to ruin prior to the war in Chelmo?

3. What question does Sylvia ask Gemma in Chapter 17?

4. According to Gemma, what is still clinging to the palace walls when the prince arrives there?

5. Who is Wanda?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?

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

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

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

5. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

9. What frightens the girls on Halloween in Chapter 21?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Josef. Who is Josef and what is his role in the story? How did he know Gemma? Describe his experiences during WWII.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the character Gemma. What does the reader learn of her past? What are her defining characteristics? Describe her relationships with the members of her family.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of the novel "Briar Rose", Jane Yolen. What others works has she written? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Yolen's other work? How is she regarded in the literary world?

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