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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl do to take care of the other children?
(a) Finds food.
(b) Tells stories.
(c) Steals from the guards.
(d) Invents games.

2. What do the police take from the women at Beaune-la-Rolande?
(a) Their names.
(b) All their possessions except one set of clothing.
(c) Information about their crimes against the German state.
(d) Their valuables.

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

4. What does the waiter at the café tell Julia and Bamber about?
(a) His grandparents who were deported from Vel d'Hiv'.
(b) That they should forget all about Vel d'Hiv'.
(c) An old woman who'll remember Vel d'Hiv'.
(d) Where to look for information on Vel d'Hiv' at the National Archives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes to escape?

2. How old is the girl?

3. What does the father tell the girl about their situation?

4. What happened then the girl and her family arrived at Beaune-la-Rolande?

5. What does the girl say is clear from the Doctor's demeanor when he comes to treat Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl do when the girls are separated from their mothers?

2. Describe the girl and her parents' departure for Beaune-la-Rolande.

3. What are conditions like at the location where the buses take the girl and her mother?

4. Where are the girl and her parents sent to, before their final destination?

5. Where do the girl and Rachel go after Beaune-la-Rolande?

6. How does the narrator say the girl and her mother react differently to the conditions at Beaune-la-Rolande?

7. What does pregnancy mean for Julia?

8. How does the narrator describe the site of Vel d'Hiv'?

9. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

10. Describe Julia Jaramond's relationship with her husband.

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