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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the neighbor say as the girl and her mother leave?

2. How did the restrictions affect the girl?

3. Why is Julia Jaramond looking forward to taking over Mame Tézac's apartment?

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

5. What does Bertrand tell Julia when she becomes upset about his mother's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does pregnancy mean for Julia?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

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

8. Where do the girl and Rachel go after Beaune-la-Rolande?

9. What kind of writing does Julia do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Julia's pregnancy and her search for Sarah related? Is the pregnancy--and Bertrand's opposition to it--an opportunity for her to look into Sarah's story? Is Sarah's story a counterweight to balance her discomfort about her marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Map out the two stories developed in "Sarah's Key", the Sarah story and the Julia story. Where do they depart, where do they overlap, where do they separate? Describe the problems and challenges associated with choosing a visual form for describing the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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