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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. In what decision does Julia change her mind?

2. What is Julia looking forward to doing?

3. How does this trip make Julia feel?

4. Who is Gaspard DuFaure?

5. Where does Julia travel to, in her search for Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rachel's arrest at the DuFaures'.

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

3. Describe Sarah's return to her apartment.

4. Where doe Julia travel to in the U.S. in her search for Sarah?

5. What does Julia learn from Sarah's wedding announcement?

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

7. Describe Julia interaction with Eduard.

8. Describe Julia arrival at the Rainsferds house.

9. Describe Julia's trip to Drancy.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the traits that distinguish characters like Gaspard DuFaure, William Rainsferd and Julia Jaramond from the others? How do these characters typically get along with the others? What allows them to take things seriously that the other characters do not want to talk about?

Essay Topic 2

What answer does the novel have for the depression that kills Sarah Rainsferd? Who else feels that despair, and how do they resolve it without committing suicide?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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