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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 curator at the Memorial Museum tell Julia?
(a) That most people don't care what happened there.
(b) That interest in the history comes and goes in waves.
(c) That this is the center of attempts to memorialize the war and the deportations.
(d) That there's no escaping the shadow of what happened there.

2. What does Julia learn about Sarah from this person?
(a) That Sarah had emigrated to the U.S.
(b) That Sarah was still living in Paris.
(c) That Sarah had died.
(d) That his father had sent the DuFaures money for Sarah.

3. What do the DuFaures try to do when the police come?
(a) Get information from the police about the war.
(b) Prevent them taking Rachel.
(c) Find out whether they will be taken as well.
(d) Tell the police where other Jews are hiding.

4. Gaspard gives Julia a letter--who was it written to?
(a) Gaspard.
(b) Geneviève.
(c) Jules.
(d) Alain.

5. How does this trip make Julia feel?
(a) Alive to injustice.
(b) Indignant at all the people who stayed silent and let this happen.
(c) Run down and exhausted.
(d) Deeply sad but energized to find the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this person at the nursing home meet Sarah?

2. What do Julia and Guillaume find at their destination?

3. How does the letter describe Sarah's feelings about peace?

4. In what decision does Julia change her mind?

5. Who shows up at the nursing home when Julia was scheduled to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where doe Julia travel to in the U.S. in her search for Sarah?

2. What does Franck Lévy tell Julia Jaramond about the Tézacs' apartment?

3. Describe the meeting with William Rainsferd.

4. What does Eduard send to Julia, and what does she learn from it?

5. What does Julia decide to do about her pregnancy and her marriage?

6. How does Julia's pregnancy affect her feelings about Sarah's history?

7. What is Julia's state of mind as she plans to travel to Tuscany?

8. What happens to Julia after her meeting with William Rainsferd?

9. Describe Julia's trip to Drancy.

10. What does the narrator say Julia is troubled by?

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