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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 Samantha?

2. Where will Becca stay for a night while in Oswego?

3. Where do Becca and Magda wait for Josef in Chapter 24?

4. What does Becca want to continue in Chapter 22?

5. What is Josef's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Becca and Magda discover about the people in Chelmno?

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

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

4. What horrifies Harvey about Gemma's last known address, the town of Kulmhof?

5. In Chapter 20, what does Magda say inspired her to return to her own Jewish roots?

6. What does Magda say about the teacher who taught her about the concentration camps?

7. How does Gemma explain that the cursed, dead people in her story can have future lives?

8. Who is Magda Bronski?

9. How does Becca find out the meaning of 'Ksiezniczka'?

10. What realization does Becca have when she meets Josef Potocki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The story of Sleeping Beauty is used as an allegory for Gemma's experiences during the war. Discuss Gemma's version of the Sleeping Beauty story compared to the traditional Sleeping Beauty story.

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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