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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people ordered to do?
(a) Register with the authorities.
(b) Take their things to the entrance.
(c) Leave their things and get on trains.
(d) Line up for inspection.

2. Why is Julia Jaramond looking forward to taking over Mame Tézac's apartment?
(a) She will be in charge of redecorating.
(b) She will be closer to the center of the city.
(c) She will have a servant.
(d) She will have an office.

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

4. What promise does the girl make to her brother?
(a) To come back that evening.
(b) To be back as soon as possible.
(c) To take care of him.
(d) Never to forget him.

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

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

7. How did the police react when the mother objected to going?
(a) They beat her.
(b) They let her stay.
(c) They gave her more time.
(d) They pushed her along.

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

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

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

11. Where are the people transported to?
(a) A train station.
(b) A ghetto.
(c) Back home.
(d) A bus station.

12. What is the girl's father's occupation?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Factory foreman.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Publisher.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl receive from a stranger?

2. How is the family transported away from their neighborhood?

3. How long had the girl been at this new location before she became ill?

4. What is stamped on the family's identity cards?

5. How does the narrator explain the fact that Bamber did not know anything about Vel d'Hiv'?

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