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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 is the girls doing at the beginning of the novel?

2. What is stamped on the family's identity cards?

3. What was Vélodrome d' Hiver before it was a holding site for Jews?

4. What is the girl's name?

5. What does the girl do when her father tells her what is happening?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Julia and Zoe?

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe the site of Vel d'Hiv'?

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

8. What kind of writing does Julia do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of money does Julia Jaramond have, that she can afford so much travel in search of a dead person's stories? How does her wealth compare or contrast with the lower-class families who were rounded up at Vel d'Hiv'? Money is not mentioned explicitly in the novel, but how does it form an aspect of the historical context of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What answer does the novel have for the depression that kills Sarah Rainsferd? Who else feels that despair, and how do they resolve it without committing suicide?

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