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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. Where does Julia travel to, in her search for Sarah?

2. Who does Julia Jaramond tell Franck Lévy's information to?

3. How does Julia take this person's arrival at the nursing home?

4. Who does Julia meet at the Rainsferd house?

5. How does the narrator characterize the trip to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Julia arrival at the Rainsferds house.

8. What clue remains unexplored even after Julia finds out that Sarah died?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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