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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. Who is Stan?
2. What information does Arnie provide Becca in Chapter 8?
3. Where is Oswego?
4. What has Sylvia always thought was the origin of Gemma's use of the name Dawn?
5. Why has Eve always thought that Gemma took the nickname of Dawna?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 6, why does Becca suppose Gemma was so caught up with the part of her story which said the curse would affect Briar Rose's whole family?
2. How does Becca explain having never seen Gemma's carved box before in Chapter 8?
3. What is different about Gemma's version of Briar Rose's story from the traditional version?
4. Besides the document with an unknown name on it, what is inside the carved box which had belonged to Gemma?
5. In Chapter 7, what does Gemma tell Becca she will probably lose interest in after she starts school?
6. In Chapter 5, what frightens Becca's friend?
7. What do the Berlins debate about Gemma's real name in Chapter 4?
8. What do Sylvia and Shana make fun of Becca for in Chapter 2?
9. What name does Becca have for her car in Chapter 2? Why has she named her car?
10. What does Gemma tell her granddaughters about the baby born to the King and Queen in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the imagery that Yolen uses in "Briar Rose". What are some examples of imagery in the novel? What themes or ideas do these examples represent?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Yolen's use of symbolism in the novel "Briar Rose". What are some examples of symbolism in the novel? What do these symbols represent? How do the examples of symbolism relate to the theme of death and the Holocaust?
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