Briar Rose worksheet 2 pages 100-200

Directions: Answer each question on a separate sheet of paper, using complete sentences.

1. Briar Rose explores the notion of what is believable and what is not believable. What is the theme of this story in terms of “what is believable”? Include in your answer a reference to the Holocaust and to Sleeping Beauty.

2. Becca goes to Poland to find out specific facts about her grandmother, Gemma. Summarize in two sentences what she finds out.

3. Based on information from the story, what assumptions can you make as to why Gemma kept insisting that she was Briar Rose?

4. Josef is compared to driftwood. Cite two specific instances that the author uses to compare him to driftwood.

5. Josef joins up with a group of partisans led by Henrik. Josef does not die with this group. The author makes a wry statement as to why Josef does not die. What was this statement (on page 156.)

6. According to the author, were the efforts of the partisans effective? Give two examples.

7. Who was Josef’s true father? How did he find this out?

8. How does Josef meet “Gemma?”

9.How is “Gemma” saved? Who exactly saves her?

10. How does Josef help “Gemma?” List two specific things he did to help her.

11. Is the story that Josef told Becca true or untrue? List two pieces of evidence to support your opinion.