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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. When is "Sarah's Key" set?

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

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

4. What does the girl do to her brother?

5. What language are the girl's parent's speaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does pregnancy mean for Julia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the girl and her parents' departure for Beaune-la-Rolande.

10. Describe the girl's escape with Rachel.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How well made is "Sarah's Key" as a novel? Is it tight, with artful use of theme, motif, metaphor and imagery? Or does it wander, with images and themes coming up and disappearing over time? Does the novel's construction seem deliberate and artful or something else?

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