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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the girl's father's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Factory foreman.
(d) Scientist.

2. When is "Sarah's Key" set?
(a) 1942 and 2002.
(b) 1942-1945.
(c) 1941 and 1996.
(d) 2002.

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

4. What do the police tell the people?
(a) That they will be killed.
(b) That they have to wait for orders.
(c) That they will be sent to work camps.
(d) That they will be sent home soon.

5. How does the girl spend her time at the new location?
(a) Looking for food.
(b) With her head between her knees.
(c) Making friends.
(d) Attempting to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe how people felt about the girl's family?

2. What does the father do when the girl falls ill?

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

4. What are the people ordered to do?

5. What does the neighbor say as the girl and her mother leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opening scene of "Sarah's Key".

2. How does the narrator say the girl and her mother react differently to the conditions at Beaune-la-Rolande?

3. What does Mame Tézac have to do with the events of the Vel d'Hiv' roundup?

4. What kind of writing does Julia do?

5. What do the yellow stars signify?

6. What are conditions like at the location where the buses take the girl and her mother?

7. What does the girl do when the girls are separated from their mothers?

8. What does pregnancy mean for Julia?

9. What restrictions have the Jews had to obey under the Vichy government?

10. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

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