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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 is being made into a museum as of Chapter 8?
2. What does Gemma's box, found by the family, contain?
3. What had Becca's first article at her present job been about?
4. What is the name Becca has given to her worn out car?
5. According to Gemma, at what point will little Becca not want to hear her fairy tale story any longer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Sylvia and Shana make fun of Becca for in Chapter 2?
2. What does Becca do in Chapter 2, which he sisters urge her not to?
3. What does Becca admit to her father is the real reason she is going to work in Chapter 8?
4. In Chapter 3, who does Gemma say was not invited to the King's party?
5. What does Gemma tell her granddaughters about the baby born to the King and Queen in the story?
6. In Chapter 4, what do we learn about Gemma's past?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 7, what does Gemma tell Becca she will probably lose interest in after she starts school?
9. What are Shana and Sylvia begging their grandmother for at the beginning of the novel?
10. What name does Becca have for her car in Chapter 2? Why has she named her car?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What happens at the end of the novel "Briar Rose"? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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