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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 Linn?

2. Who do Becca and Magda find that tells them about the concentration camp in Chelmo?

3. What do Becca and Stan visit in Chapter 14?

4. What time does Stan arrive at Becca's house in Chapter 12?

5. What had fallen to ruin prior to the war in Chelmo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Harvey recall about Gemma in Chapter 12?

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

5. What does Becca learn was rumored about the Oswego refugee camp? What was life in the camp really like for the refugees?

6. In Chapter 15, what is the song in Gemma's version of the Briar Rose story about?

7. What does Becca question Gemma about her story in Chapter 13?

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

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

10. What part of the story does Gemma tell Becca in Chapter 11?

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

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 3

Discuss conflict in "Briar Rose". Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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