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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. According to Magda, what happened to a teacher who gave graphic details about the concentration camp?

2. What does Becca note about Gemma's Sleeping Beauty version in Chapter 12?

3. Why is Gemma telling Becca the fairy tale story in Chapter 13?

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

5. What question does Sylvia ask Gemma in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 24, why does Josef ask Becca to visit his house, and for how long?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Briar Rose". How does Yolen illustrate the death motif throughout the novel? What do the characters think of death? How do the characters, particularly Becca, react to the deaths?

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