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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. According to Stan, everyone knows where they come from with the exception of who?

2. According to Gemma, at what point will little Becca not want to hear her fairy tale story any longer?

3. How long does the curse in Gemma's story put everyone to sleep for?

4. What is the name Becca has given to her worn out car?

5. Where are Becca and Gemma in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gemma tell her granddaughters about the baby born to the King and Queen in the story?

2. What are Shana and Sylvia begging their grandmother for at the beginning of the novel?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Gemma tell Becca she will probably lose interest in after she starts school?

4. After Sylvia and Shana have left in Chapter 2, what does Gemma tell Becca, and make Becca promise to do?

5. After Gemma's funeral, what do Becca's parents reveal was found among Gemma's things?

6. What does Becca do in Chapter 2, which he sisters urge her not to?

7. What name does Becca have for her car in Chapter 2? Why has she named her car?

8. What do Sylvia and Shana make fun of Becca for in Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 3, who does Gemma say was not invited to the King's party?

10. While going through Gemma's box of mementos in Chapter 6, what does Becca realize about them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Becca and Stan. What do they feel for one another? How does their relationship evolve as the novel progresses? How does Stan help Becca on her quest for answers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Briar Rose". How does Yolen illustrate the death motif throughout the novel? What do the characters think of death? How do the characters, particularly Becca, react to the deaths?

Essay Topic 3

What is an allegory? How is the novel "Briar Rose" an allegory of the sufferings experienced by those imprisoned in concentration and extermination camps during WWII?

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