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

2. Who recognizes Gemma in a photograph in Chapter 12?

3. What question does Becca ask Gemma in Chapter 13?

4. What does Gemma say of the people in the castle in Chapter 23?

5. How does the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph refer to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What realization does Becca have when she meets Josef Potocki?

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

9. Who is Magda Bronski?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Briar Rose". Who are the member of Becca's family? Is family important to Becca? How does Becca's family affect her decisions and actions? Describe Becca's relationship with her sisters and grandmother.

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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