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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertrand tell Julia about having a child?

2. In what decision does Julia change her mind?

3. What does Julia tell Bertrand about the baby?

4. What does Sarah find when she gets back to her apartment?

5. How does the letter describe Sarah's feelings about peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Julia interaction with Eduard.

2. What clue remains unexplored even after Julia finds out that Sarah died?

3. What does Julia learn about Sarah during her trip to Orléans.

4. What decision does Julia change her mind about?

5. What happens to Julia after her meeting with William Rainsferd?

6. What is Bertrand's response when he hears that Julia is not aborting the baby?

7. What is Julia's state of mind as she plans to travel to Tuscany?

8. What does Julia decide to do about her pregnancy and her marriage?

9. How does Julia's pregnancy affect her feelings about Sarah's history?

10. What does the narrator say Julia is troubled by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

How well made is "Sarah's Key" as a novel? Is it tight, with artful use of theme, motif, metaphor and imagery? Or does it wander, with images and themes coming up and disappearing over time? Does the novel's construction seem deliberate and artful or something else?

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