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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 has Aniouta been living with?

2. Who felt abandoned by Myriam's engagement?

3. When was Myriam able to have her family declared missing?

4. What did Jean Hans Arp do for a living?

5. Which characters were sent to Pithiviers Camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the "wonderful day" filled with "complete joy" for the Rabinovitch family (58).

5. What does Anne tell Georges in the letter she writes to him?

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

7. What did Ephraïm do after learning about Germany's new chancellor?

8. What was the Roberte Affair?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters experience guilt or shame in The Postcard? Explain with textual evidence why you think this is as well as how other characters respond to it.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Anne is so vague about characters like Yves and his children with Myriam? What information is missing? Do you think that Berest is still able to tell an effective story without this background?

Essay Topic 3

How does Anne Berest build tension in The Postcard? Is it effective? Cite at least three examples from the text.

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