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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 was interesting about the weather on the day the postcard was sent?
(a) It was extremely humid.
(b) It was the hottest day on record.
(c) There was a blizzard.
(d) There was a tornado in Paris.

2. Who says "Knowledge is the true essence of nobility" (55)?
(a) Myriam.
(b) Lélia.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Anne.

3. How did Monsieur Bouveris die?
(a) He had cancer.
(b) He had an accidental overdose.
(c) He died by suicide.
(d) He was in a car accident.

4. What did Georges bring to Anne's house?
(a) Flowers and wine.
(b) Pasta and a movie.
(c) A stack of postcards from her uncle.
(d) A prayer shawl.

5. What did Monsieur Fauchere have in his home?
(a) The Rabinovitch family's portrait.
(b) Myriam's notebooks.
(c) The Rabinovitch family's piano.
(d) A stack of postcards.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ephraim, who does he not love anymore?

2. Which characters were sent to Pithiviers Camp?

3. Where does Anne meet with Gerard Rambert?

4. Who was the first in their town to register as Jewish?

5. Why did Ephraim read "Trifles for a Massacre"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item did Maurice give Jacques?

2. When did Anne ask Lélia about the history of their family?

3. Why did Ephraïm register with the French government as a Jewish person?

4. What did Emmanuel do when he moved to Paris?

5. When was Myriam able to have her family declared dead?

6. What question did Gerard ask his mother about tattoos, and how did she respond?

7. What jobs did the Rabinovitch children aspire to?

8. How did Noémi get stricken from the list to be sent to Auschwitz?

9. In the dialogue between a grandmother and child, what does the child reveal?

10. What did Maurice Wolf write to the Rabinovitch family about his neighborhood?

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