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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 do the parents tell the girl?
(a) That they will get the boy that night.
(b) That they are not going home.
(c) That the boy will die.
(d) That the neighbors will find the boy.

2. What does the narrator say the girl thinks about at her new location?
(a) Why she has to wear a yellow star.
(b) Where her friends are.
(c) When she will eat.
(d) How her brother will escape from the cubby.

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

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

5. How many Jews were deported from Vel d'Hiv' in July 1942?
(a) 1.3 million.
(b) 130,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 1,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food and drink did the girl and her mother find at their new location?

2. What is the girl's name?

3. What is Mame Tézac suffering?

4. How did the police react when the mother objected to going?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opening scene of "Sarah's Key".

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

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

4. How does the narrator characterize Julia and Zoe?

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

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

7. How are the girl and her mother treated as they leave the apartment building?

8. What do the yellow stars signify?

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

10. What kind of writing does Julia do?

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