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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. Who does Emma teach?

2. Who did Anne talk to about Clara's incident at school?

3. How did Anne and Lélia get a hint to check out the Fauchere home?

4. What is the name of the handwriting criminologist Anne writes to?

5. Who did Emma become worried about because he or she stopped growing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Myriam's family die?

2. Why was Noémi sent to work for Dr. Hautval?

3. What had changed about Emma's in-laws when she saw them in Palestine?

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

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

6. What had Emma and Ephraïm packed when they were arrested?

7. How did Lélia learn so much about her family?

8. Why were Noémi and Jacques taken to Auschwitz before their parents?

9. What did the apples symbolize at Pesach?

10. Why did Ephraïm and Emma travel to Pesach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Postcard is written in a non-linear format, and it melds fact and fiction together. How does this contribute to the author's storytelling? Is it effective?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the symbolism of the actual postcard in the novel. What does it represent? Does solving the mystery change anything? How does the postcard change Anne's life? What about Lélia's life?

Essay Topic 3

How do the characters in The Postcard struggle with issues like grief? Select two characters to compare and contrast.

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