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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. Who is Eve?
2. Who is Dr. Berlin?
3. What is Howie's profession?
4. Who is Stan?
5. Where does Becca fall asleep in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Becca do in Chapter 2, which he sisters urge her not to?
2. What does Becca's father remind her of when she says she is going to work in Chapter 8?
3. While going through Gemma's box of mementos in Chapter 6, what does Becca realize about them?
4. In Chapter 3, who does Gemma say was not invited to the King's party?
5. What are Shana and Sylvia begging their grandmother for at the beginning of the novel?
6. When she investigates her grandmother's newspaper clippings, what does Becca learn from Arnie at the Palladium Times in Oswego?
7. Where are Becca's work offices housed? What were Becca's first 'real' articles at the Advocate about?
8. In Chapter 7, what does Gemma tell Becca she will probably lose interest in after she starts school?
9. What do Sylvia and Shana make fun of Becca for in Chapter 2?
10. What is different about Gemma's version of Briar Rose's story from the traditional version?
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 Yolen's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why does Yolen use foreshadowing? How do the examples of foreshadowing affect the tone of the novel?
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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