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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 Josef realize upon looking at Gemma's photo?

2. What shocked Marge about the refugee camp upon first sight?

3. What does Magda offer to do for Becca in Chapter 22?

4. What is Brda?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Becca find out about Gitl Mandlestein in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Becca give Magda as a gift? What does Magda intend to do with the item?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Magda Bronski?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Becca's promise to her grandmother and her quest to follow through on her promise. What is the promise, and why is it so important that Becca find the answers she needs? How does she go about fulfilling her promise to Gemma?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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