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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the letter describe Sarah's feelings about peace?
(a) It doesn't exist.
(b) It is a fleeting sensation.
(c) It is an illusion.
(d) It has a bitter taste.

2. What hits home for Julia Jaramond when she sees a photo of Sarah?
(a) Sarah looks like her.
(b) She recognized Sarah.
(c) Sarah looks like Zoe.
(d) Sarah is Zoe's age.

3. What do Julia and Guillaume find at their destination?
(a) A national park at the camp.
(b) Ruins of the former camp.
(c) The camp is now low-income housing.
(d) A memorial for deported Jews.

4. When did Sarah leave France?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

5. Where does Julia go to meet Gaspard DuFaure?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nancy.

6. What does Julia tell Charla?
(a) That she is depressed.
(b) That she is having an abortion.
(c) That she might have found Sarah.
(d) That she is having a baby.

7. How do the DuFaures respond to what Sarah tells them?
(a) They say that the times are bad.
(b) They say that it wasn't their crime, and they were powerless to prevent it.
(c) They say that they did the best they could.
(d) They offer to take her themselves.

8. Who is Gaspard DuFaure?
(a) Grandson of Jules and Geneviève.
(b) Nephew of Jules and Geneviève.
(c) Son of Jules and Geneviève.
(d) Executor of Jules and Geneviève's estate.

9. What message did Bertrand get when he returned home?
(a) Julia called to say that she was leaving for New York.
(b) The doctor called to say that Julia had decided against the abortion.
(c) Zoe called to say that her mother had left for a trip.
(d) Sarah called to see who was looking for her.

10. What does the narrator say is troubling Julia in addition to the story about Vel d'Hiv'?
(a) Her parents' health.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her health.
(d) Her marriage.

11. What is Julia's interview like, with the person Mara Rainsferd put her in touch with?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Satisfying.
(c) Awkward because of language differences.
(d) It keeps being postponed and ultimately never happened.

12. Who does Julia call to see if she can arrange to find Sarah?
(a) Gaspard.
(b) Alain.
(c) Bertrand.
(d) Charla.

13. Where does Charla locate Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rainsferd?
(a) Poughkeepsie.
(b) Roxbury.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Philadelphia.

14. Who does Julia Jaramond tell Franck Lévy's information to?
(a) Bertrand.
(b) Guillaume.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Bamber.

15. What does the narrator say about the awareness of the history Julia goes looking for?
(a) No one remembers it any more.
(b) People who know it don't talk about it.
(c) There are other places for remembering that history.
(d) Times have changed too much for it to be important any longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Julia receive from the person she met at the nursing home?

2. What does Julia tell Bertrand about the baby?

3. What does Bamber offer Julia?

4. How does Gaspard DuFaure characterize Sarah?

5. What does Franck Lévy tell Julia Jaramond about the family at 26 rue de Saintonge in July 1942?

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