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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 concierge do as the girl and her mother leave the building?
(a) Apologize.
(b) Sneer.
(c) Collapse.
(d) Intervene.

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

3. Who do the girl and her mother see in the street?
(a) Other political refugees.
(b) Other immigrants.
(c) Other Jews.
(d) Other professor's families.

4. What does the girl receive from a stranger?
(a) A roll.
(b) An apple.
(c) A book.
(d) A blanket.

5. How old is the girl?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the family transported away from their neighborhood?

2. What is Bertrand's reaction when Julia tells him about her pregnancy?

3. What happens to the girls during the escape?

4. Where does the girl's father spend time when he is not working?

5. What does the girl do to take care of the other children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

4. What do the yellow stars signify?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What lead does Julia get for gathering more information about Vel d'Hiv' during her trip there?

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