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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 condition does the narrator say the people are in?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Violent.
(d) Weak.

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

3. What is stamped on the family's identity cards?
(a) Jew.
(b) Foreigner.
(c) French.
(d) Exile.

4. When does the girl think she will see the boy again?
(a) At the end of the war.
(b) Within a few days.
(c) That night.
(d) Never.

5. Where does the girl's father spend time when he is not working?
(a) The pub.
(b) The basement.
(c) The library.
(d) The club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people at the door tell the girl's mother to do?

2. What does the mother tell the girl?

3. How do the girl's parents react when they hear about the boy?

4. When is "Sarah's Key" set?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does pregnancy mean for Julia?

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

8. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

9. How does the narrator characterize Julia and Zoe?

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

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