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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. Where is "Sarah's Key" set?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Prague and Paris.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. How does the girl spend her time at the new location?
(a) With her head between her knees.
(b) Attempting to escape.
(c) Looking for food.
(d) Making friends.

3. What do the police tell the people?
(a) That they will be sent to work camps.
(b) That they have to wait for orders.
(c) That they will be killed.
(d) That they will be sent home soon.

4. What does Rachel become sick with?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. What does the father tell the girl about their situation?
(a) They are being made to pay for someone's sins.
(b) They are going to die.
(c) They have to fight if they're going to survive.
(d) There's nothing they can do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes to escape?

2. Where do the police believe the boy is?

3. What ailments were NOT among the ailments described as afflicting the people at the new location?

4. What does the concierge do as the girl and her mother leave the building?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the yellow stars signify?

4. Describe the conditions at Beaune-la-Rolande.

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

6. What happens when the girl and her parents arrive at Beaune-la-Rolande?

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

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

9. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

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

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