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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 do when her father tells her what is happening?
(a) Cries.
(b) Passes out.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Becomes hysterical.

2. What does the father do when the girl falls ill?
(a) Comforts her.
(b) Takes her to a doctor.
(c) Buys her medicine.
(d) Abandons her.

3. What is stamped on the family's identity cards?
(a) Jew.
(b) Exile.
(c) French.
(d) Foreigner.

4. Where is "Sarah's Key" set?
(a) Paris.
(b) Orleans.
(c) London.
(d) Prague and Paris.

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

6. What kind of food and drink did the girl and her mother find at their new location?
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Sporadic.
(c) Plentiful.
(d) Rotten.

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

8. Where does the girl's parents' fear come from?
(a) The fascists.
(b) The aerial bombs.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The economy.

9. How old is the girl's brother?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

10. How is the family transported away from their neighborhood?
(a) By cart.
(b) By bus.
(c) By foot.
(d) By train.

11. What was Vélodrome d' Hiver before it was a holding site for Jews?
(a) A race track.
(b) A ghetto.
(c) A stadium.
(d) A campground.

12. What does Julia know instinctively about Mame Tézac's apartment?
(a) It was haunted.
(b) It had belonged to Jews.
(c) It was going to be very expensive to restore.
(d) It was where her aunt had locked away her brother.

13. What is the girl's name?
(a) Sirka.
(b) Bamber.
(c) Geneviève.
(d) Rachel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the concierge do as the girl and her mother leave the building?

2. How does the narrator describe the conditions at Beaune-la-Rolande?

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

4. Why is the girl angry with her father?

5. What does Rachel become sick with?

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