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WorksheetsBriar Rose ch. 11-16
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 16mins
Stan comes to Becca's house to look at the documents from Gemma's box.
Stan tells Becca they need to go to Oswego for more information.
Becca meets three people who had first-hand experiences of the refugee camp in Oswego.
Becca finds out what camp Gemma could have been at in Poland.
Becca makes plans to travel to Europe to find more answers.
What mood would you give the song in chapter 15 and why?
Write one to two complete sentences.
What is the difference in Kulmhof and Chelmno?
According to Gemma, why does the length of time that the princess is asleep not matter?
dead is dead
the moral of the story is much more important
the princess has not concept of time while sleeping
the princess doesn't age
What does Gemma's version of the story not mention?
the King's party
the thorns
the Prince's fate
the curse
According to Harvey Goldman, who put the curse on Gemma?
What is Kulmhof?
a camp where the only purpose is extermination
a slang term used by the Nazis
a village where Gemma hid during the war
the neighborhood where Gemma grew up
What does Harvey mention about Kulmhof?
It was greatly damaged during the war.
It was a lovely town.
No woman ever escaped from there.
The word was secretly used by prisoners.
Meeting Marge pierce is an important event in the story because____.
Becca realizes she and Gemma were best friends in the camp.
It allows Becca to hear the story told from someone who knows very little facts about the place.
Becca likes meeting new people that might have known her Gemma.
It gives Becca a first-hand account of what occurred in the camp.
What does the author mean when she says that the museum "had been an anticlimax"?
It was interesting.
It was uneventful.
It was emotional.
It was puzzling.
"Her voice trailed off and she looked out the window."
What does this sentence tell the reader is happening to Gemma at this present moment of her retelling of the story?
The song causes her to have a flashback to a time that wasn't pleasant for her.
She loses her place in the story and is trying to remember where she was.
Retelling the story so much has caused her voice to be hoarse.
When she sings, she doesn't like to look others in the eye.
What word best describes how Becca is feeling about the promise at this point in her search?
determined
frustrated
defeated
overwhelmed
Who is Magda Bronski?
A person she talked to at the college.
Her translator for her trip to Poland.
A name Gemma is known by in Fort Oswego.
A person she met when she went to Oswego with Stan.
