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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 does Becca want to continue in Chapter 22?

2. Who is Wanda?

3. What does Harvey note about the refugees during their stay in the camp?

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

5. What does Stan warn Becca in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the priest in Chapter 22 tell Becca about Chelmno?

2. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?

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

4. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

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

6. What do Becca's family members try to dissuade her from doing in Chapter 16?

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

8. Where does Gemma tell Becca the Briar Rose story in Chapter 15? Who else listens, and what does he object to?

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

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

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 character Josef. Who is Josef and what is his role in the story? How did he know Gemma? Describe his experiences during WWII.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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