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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Julia to say that Mr. DuFaure would like to meet with her?
(a) Bamber.
(b) Nathalie DuFaure.
(c) Bertrand.
(d) Eduard.

2. What does Sirka/Sarah tell the DuFaures after Rachel was taken?
(a) That she is going to Paris.
(b) That she will avenge Rachel's arrest.
(c) That they did the best they could.
(d) That they are bad people.

3. What does Bertrand tell Julia about having a child?
(a) He wants one enormously.
(b) He says that he's been having an affair.
(c) He can't handle it.
(d) He doesn't think they have the time or money for one.

4. Who shows up at the nursing home when Julia was scheduled to visit?
(a) Bamber.
(b) Eduard.
(c) Arthur Tézac.
(d) The DuFaures.

5. What does Sarah find when she gets back to her apartment?
(a) Her brother's body.
(b) People in the apartment won't let her in.
(c) The cubby is empty.
(d) The building is gone.

6. How does the letter describe Sarah's feelings about peace?
(a) It is an illusion.
(b) It doesn't exist.
(c) It is a fleeting sensation.
(d) It has a bitter taste.

7. What does the letter talk about?
(a) Sarah's art.
(b) Sarah's charity work.
(c) Sarah's heartache.
(d) Sarah's parents.

8. How does Gaspard DuFaure characterize Sarah?
(a) As depressed.
(b) As happy.
(c) As unhappy.
(d) As preternaturally insightful.

9. What does the narrator say about children surviving the deportations and camps?
(a) Almost all children were captured and sent to camps.
(b) There were camps of runaway children surviving in the forests.
(c) They typically only survived until late autumn, if they ran away.
(d) Some survived, but not many.

10. What is Julia's interview like, with the person Mara Rainsferd put her in touch with?
(a) Awkward because of language differences.
(b) Horrible.
(c) It keeps being postponed and ultimately never happened.
(d) Satisfying.

11. What hits home for Julia Jaramond when she sees a photo of Sarah?
(a) Sarah looks like Zoe.
(b) Sarah is Zoe's age.
(c) She recognized Sarah.
(d) Sarah looks like her.

12. What is Julia dismayed by during this next stop?
(a) That so few people seem to know what happened here.
(b) That this is where the deportations took place.
(c) That there are now tourists paying money to be photographed in the ovens.
(d) That the memorial is so small.

13. What does Bertrand say he's going through?
(a) A mid-life crisis.
(b) Withdrawal.
(c) A painful transition.
(d) Growing pains.

14. What does Bamber notice about Julia?
(a) That she hasn't been touched by the site at all.
(b) That she looks faint.
(c) That something is wrong.
(d) That she seems to be ill.

15. What was Rachel too weak for?
(a) To speak.
(b) To open her eyes.
(c) To be carried downstairs.
(d) To eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Sarah take in her new home?

2. When did Sarah leave France?

3. Who is Mara Rainsferd?

4. What is Julia looking forward to doing?

5. What does Bamber offer Julia?

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