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

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator explain the fact that Bamber did not know anything about Vel d'Hiv'?
(a) She was not Jewish.
(b) She was British.
(c) She was old.
(d) She was young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bertrand's attitude toward Julia?

2. What does Bertrand tell Julia when she becomes upset about his mother's apartment?

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

4. How does the girl spend her time at the new location?

5. What language are the girl's parent's speaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does it happen that two members of the family do not go with the police?

2. What do the yellow stars signify?

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

4. What do the girl and her mother take with them when they leave their home?

5. What restrictions have the Jews had to obey under the Vichy government?

6. What is the larger context for the story, and how does the story clue us in to that larger context?

7. When and where does "Sarah's Key" take place?

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

9. What does Mame Tézac have to do with the events of the Vel d'Hiv' roundup?

10. How does the narrator characterize Julia and Zoe?

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