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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the girl think she will see the boy again?
(a) That night.
(b) Never.
(c) Within a few days.
(d) At the end of the war.

2. How does the narrator describe how people felt about the girl's family?
(a) They were treated suspected as spies.
(b) They were reviled.
(c) They were not noticed.
(d) They were loved.

3. What does Bertrand tell Julia when she becomes upset about his mother's apartment?
(a) That she is imagining things.
(b) To calm down.
(c) That it had been completely gutted.
(d) That he knows about the cubby-hole.

4. What does the concierge do as the girl and her mother leave the building?
(a) Sneer.
(b) Collapse.
(c) Intervene.
(d) Apologize.

5. What does Rachel become sick with?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Scarlet fever.

6. What does the girl receive from a stranger?
(a) A blanket.
(b) An apple.
(c) A book.
(d) A roll.

7. What is Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) A holding camp.
(b) A prison.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) A ghetto.

8. What happened then the girl and her family arrived at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) The people were put to work.
(b) The men and women were separated.
(c) Healthy people were separated from sick people.
(d) The people were killed.

9. How does the narrator describe the conditions at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) Spartan.
(b) Inhuman.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Improving.

10. What is Bertrand's attitude toward Julia?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Dismissive.
(d) Respectful.

11. What do the girl and Rachel take with them from Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) The names of other children there.
(b) Money from the red-haired policeman.
(c) Food from the commissary.
(d) Two other children.

12. What does the father do when the girl and her mother are leaving?
(a) Calls the neighbors for help.
(b) Shoots at the police.
(c) Fights with the police.
(d) Emerges from hiding.

13. Who do the girl and her mother see in the street?
(a) Other immigrants.
(b) Other political refugees.
(c) Other Jews.
(d) Other professor's families.

14. How did the restrictions affect the girl?
(a) She could not leave the house.
(b) She was forced to work long hours cleaning the sidewalks.
(c) She was beaten regularly.
(d) She could not play in the park.

15. How do the girl's parents react when they hear about the boy?
(a) They start a fight, and are beaten.
(b) They are relieved.
(c) They both pass out.
(d) They are horrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the police believe the boy is?

2. What happens to the girls during the escape?

3. What do the parents tell the girl?

4. What does the concierge tell the police?

5. What makes Julia worry when she gets pregnant?

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