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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. Where do Becca and Magda wait for Josef in Chapter 24?
2. Who recognizes Gemma in a photograph in Chapter 12?
3. According to Becca's source in Chapter 12, who put the curse on Gemma?
4. What does Becca ask Josef in Chapter 24?
5. According to Gemma, what does a peasant warn the prince not to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Becca's family members try to dissuade her from doing in Chapter 16?
2. What does Magda say about the teacher who taught her about the concentration camps?
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. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?
6. How do the girls react to Gemma's explanation to how the cursed, dead people in her story can have future lives?
7. Where does Gemma tell Becca the Briar Rose story in Chapter 15? Who else listens, and what does he object to?
8. What does Harvey recall about Gemma in Chapter 12?
9. How does Becca find out the meaning of 'Ksiezniczka'?
10. What do Becca and Magda discover about the people in Chelmno?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "Briar Rose". What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they, and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to the main characters? What are their roles in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
What is an allegory? How is the novel "Briar Rose" an allegory of the sufferings experienced by those imprisoned in concentration and extermination camps during WWII?
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