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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. How does the narrator characterize the trip to Paris?

2. What does the narrator say is troubling Julia in addition to the story about Vel d'Hiv'?

3. What does Bertrand propose to Julia?

4. How does this trip make Julia feel?

5. Why are the DuFaures worried about Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What point in the development of the plot does this moment signify?

2. What does Julia learn from Sarah's wedding announcement?

3. Describe Rachel's arrest at the DuFaures'.

4. What is the tone of the book, up to the point of Julia finding out about Sarah from Eduard?

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

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

7. How does the narrator characterize the interactions between Julia and Bamber during their trip to Vel d'Hiv'.

8. What does Franck Lévy show Julia, and what does it make her feel?

9. What does Julia learn about Sarah during her trip to Orléans.

10. Describe the meeting with William Rainsferd.

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

Write an evaluative review of "Sarah's Key". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of 'Sarah's Key'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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