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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl think this predicament has to do with?
(a) Their religion.
(b) The yellow stars on their clothes.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The economy.

2. What do the police tell the people?
(a) That they will be killed.
(b) That they will be sent to work camps.
(c) That they have to wait for orders.
(d) That they will be sent home soon.

3. What does the girl say is clear from the Doctor's demeanor when he comes to treat Rachel?
(a) He will report them as Jews.
(b) He would not betray the girls' location.
(c) He was helping as many people as he could.
(d) He would not take care of a refugee.

4. How does the mother change at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) She becomes a shell of her former self.
(b) She gets sick and weak.
(c) She collapses from within.
(d) She gets fierce.

5. What language are the girl's parent's speaking?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Polish.
(d) French.

6. Why is the girl angry with her father?
(a) She wants him to fight for her.
(b) She resents his powerlessness.
(c) She doesn't think he cares about her brother.
(d) She thinks he is preparing to abandon her.

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

8. What does the mother tell the girl?
(a) To pack her things.
(b) To get her coat and get ready to go.
(c) To run.
(d) To get her brother and pack some things for him.

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

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

11. What does the narrator say the girl thinks about at her new location?
(a) When she will eat.
(b) Why she has to wear a yellow star.
(c) How her brother will escape from the cubby.
(d) Where her friends are.

12. What condition does the narrator say the people are in?
(a) Weak.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Violent.
(d) Resentful.

13. How does the girl change at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) She hardens.
(b) She becomes placid.
(c) She becomes fierce.
(d) She gets sick and becomes weak.

14. Who is at the door when there is a knock?
(a) German police.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) French police.
(d) The girl's cousin.

15. How old is the girl?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Vélodrome d' Hiver before it was a holding site for Jews?

2. What does the father do when the girl falls ill?

3. What does the girl do to take care of the other children?

4. What does the plaque at Vel d'Hiv' tell passersby?

5. What is the girl's name?

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