View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Julia to say that Mr. DuFaure would like to meet with her?

2. How does the letter describe Sarah's feelings about peace?

3. Where did Bertrand come home from?

4. Where did Sarah go?

5. Where does Julia go to meet Gaspard DuFaure?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Sarah's return to her apartment.

7. What is Bertrand's response when he hears that Julia is not aborting the baby?

8. What are the contents of the letter Gaspard DuFaure gives Julia?

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

10. What does Julia decide to do about her pregnancy and her marriage?

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

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

What is the importance of cultural identity in "Sarah's Key"? Certain characters are persecuted for their purported identities as Jews, but how do characters create or preserve their identities in a positive sense? What does identity add to people's lives? What are they willing to give up to preserve it? How does Judaism, Frenchness, Americanness, etc. figure in the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 717 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample