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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 last name does the family suggest of the owner of the ring in Chapter 4?

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

3. According to what the family knows in Chapter 4, when did Gemma come to America?

4. What has Sylvia always thought was the origin of Gemma's use of the name Dawn?

5. What is the name of the newspaper where Becca works?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where are Becca's work offices housed? What were Becca's first 'real' articles at the Advocate about?

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

5. Besides the document with an unknown name on it, what is inside the carved box which had belonged to Gemma?

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

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

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

9. What does Becca's father remind her of when she says she is going to work in Chapter 8?

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

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 element of mystery in the novel "Briar Rose". What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Becca Berlin. What are Becca's defining character traits? Who is she close to in the novel? What happens to Becca throughout the novel?

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