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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. How do the people react to Becca's questions about the concentration camp in Chelmo in Chapter 22?

3. Where does Becca want to travel to in Chapter 16?

4. What do Becca's parents think of her travel plans in Chapter 16?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

7. How do the girls react to Gemma's explanation to how the cursed, dead people in her story can have future lives?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Analyze and interpret the character Gemma. What does the reader learn of her past? What are her defining characteristics? Describe her relationships with the members of her family.

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