Briar Rose Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Briar Rose Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Briar Rose Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gemma do for Becca before continuing her story in Chapter 19?

2. Who objects to Gemma's story in Chapter 15?

3. According to the person who recognizes Gemma in the photograph, what did she have with her at the camp?

4. What does Becca realize about Josef and his story from the past?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Becca's family members try to dissuade her from doing in Chapter 16?

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

4. Why does Becca point out that Gemma had no tattoos?

5. Why does Becca wet herself in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of the novel "Briar Rose", the young adult genre. What are the elements of this genre? Why is "Briar Rose" an example of this genre? What are some other novels of the same genre? What do these novels have in common with "Briar Rose"?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 807 words
(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Briar Rose Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Briar Rose from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.