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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father do when the girl falls ill?
(a) Abandons her.
(b) Buys her medicine.
(c) Comforts her.
(d) Takes her to a doctor.

2. What language are the girl's parent's speaking?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Polish.

3. Where does the girl's father spend time when he is not working?
(a) The basement.
(b) The library.
(c) The pub.
(d) The club.

4. What does the father tell the girl about their situation?
(a) There's nothing they can do.
(b) They have to fight if they're going to survive.
(c) They are going to die.
(d) They are being made to pay for someone's sins.

5. What do the people at the door tell the girl's mother to do?
(a) Arrest her.
(b) Tell her to pack her things.
(c) Warn her that the police are coming.
(d) Tell her to flee.

6. What happens to the girls during the escape?
(a) They are caught and sent back.
(b) The red-haired policeman catches them.
(c) They get out without any incidents.
(d) They have to kill a guard.

7. How does the narrator describe the red-haired policeman's demeanor when the girl sees him at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) Consoling.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Steely.
(d) Embarrassed.

8. What do the parents tell the girl?
(a) That they will get the boy that night.
(b) That the boy will die.
(c) That they are not going home.
(d) That the neighbors will find the boy.

9. Why is Julia Jaramond looking forward to taking over Mame Tézac's apartment?
(a) She will have a servant.
(b) She will be closer to the center of the city.
(c) She will be in charge of redecorating.
(d) She will have an office.

10. What does Rachel become sick with?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

11. Who do the girl and her mother see in the street?
(a) Other immigrants.
(b) Other political refugees.
(c) Other Jews.
(d) Other professor's families.

12. What does the waiter at the café tell Julia and Bamber about?
(a) His grandparents who were deported from Vel d'Hiv'.
(b) Where to look for information on Vel d'Hiv' at the National Archives.
(c) An old woman who'll remember Vel d'Hiv'.
(d) That they should forget all about Vel d'Hiv'.

13. How do the girl's parents react when they hear about the boy?
(a) They start a fight, and are beaten.
(b) They are horrified.
(c) They are relieved.
(d) They both pass out.

14. What does the neighbor say as the girl and her mother leave?
(a) She tells them that everything will be fine.
(b) She threatens them.
(c) She curses at them.
(d) She objects to their treatment.

15. What promise does the girl make to her brother?
(a) To come back that evening.
(b) To be back as soon as possible.
(c) Never to forget him.
(d) To take care of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the police react when the mother objected to going?

2. What is the girl's mother's reaction to this?

3. What does the girl say is clear from the Doctor's demeanor when he comes to treat Rachel?

4. How did the restrictions affect the girl?

5. What is the girl's father's occupation?

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