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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ephraim realize he had not been alone in ten years?
(a) On a hike through Spain.
(b) On his way to Marseille.
(c) On a ship to Palestine.
(d) On a train to Lodz.

2. What did Anne learn about postage stamps?
(a) People stopped using postage stamps in the 1940s.
(b) People would hide illicit substances in stamps.
(c) People would use postage stamps to send messages.
(d) People would steal postage stamps from mailboxes.

3. What kind of business did Ephraim own in Riga?
(a) A caviar business.
(b) An egg shop.
(c) A citrus farm.
(d) A flower shop.

4. Who does Emma teach?
(a) Children at the elementary school.
(b) Mothers and grandmothers.
(c) Young girls in her neighborhood.
(d) College students.

5. Why did Ephraim and Anna Gavronsky not get married?
(a) Ephraim fell in love with Emma instead.
(b) Anna fell in love with somebody else.
(c) The family did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Anna moved to New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was interesting about the weather on the day the postcard was sent?

2. How old was Vicente when Myriam met him?

3. When did Myriam die?

4. Who did Noémie work with in the infirmary?

5. What kind of invention did Boris create?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Maurice Wolf write to the Rabinovitch family about his neighborhood?

2. What was upsetting to Noémi about a tea party held by a classmate?

3. Why were Noémi and Jacques taken to Auschwitz before their parents?

4. What jobs did the Rabinovitch children aspire to?

5. Why did Ephraïm register with the French government as a Jewish person?

6. How did Lélia learn that Noémi worked in the infirmary?

7. What was the Roberte Affair?

8. Why was Noémi sent to work for Dr. Hautval?

9. In the dialogue between a grandmother and child, what does the child reveal?

10. When did Anne ask Lélia about the history of their family?

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