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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Myriam her parents were sent to Germany?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Gabriele.
(c) Yves.
(d) The mayor.

2. Whose notebooks did Lélia receive in a sealed envelope?
(a) Myriam's.
(b) Jacques's.
(c) Vicente's.
(d) Noémi's.

3. Who wrote, "More than once I have imagined that certain evil things were absolute, final" (333)?
(a) Vicente.
(b) Yves.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Ephraim.

4. What is the name of the main character in Noémi's novel?
(a) Lélia.
(b) Myriam.
(c) Clara.
(d) Anne.

5. Initially, how does Yves make Myriam feel?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Loved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Attentive.

6. When did Yves have a nervous breakdown while taking a work call?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1994.

7. When Chabaud gives Myriam an orange, what does she think of?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her education.

8. What helps Vicente feel protected?
(a) His father.
(b) Myriam's pregnancy.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) His sister.

9. What is the name of Jeanine's son?
(a) Francis.
(b) Efraim.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Charles.

10. Who does Chabaud say no to?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Parisians.
(c) Germans.
(d) Children.

11. Accordinag to Jeanine, who does Myriam need to spend more time with?
(a) Lélia.
(b) Yves.
(c) Vicente.
(d) Gabriele.

12. When does Vicente leave for Paris?
(a) December 12.
(b) November 15.
(c) August 2.
(d) October 10.

13. What did Nicole become?
(a) A writer.
(b) An agricultural engineer.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) A philosophy professor.

14. In an email, what does Lélia say she will tell Anne about the next time they see each other?
(a) The last letter her father wrote.
(b) The last time she saw her mother.
(c) The last time Yves, Myriam, and Vicente were together.
(d) The last time she saw Jeanine.

15. Who suggests that Anne name her children after her great-aunt and great-uncle?
(a) Clara.
(b) Lélia.
(c) Georges.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent the postcard to Lélia's address?

2. How did Vicente die?

3. Who is Rose Madeleine's daughter?

4. In whose memoirs does Anne read about Myriam, Yves, and Vicente?

5. Who struggles wtih the belief that she may be betraying her mother by researching the family?

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