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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. According to Vicente, why did he call off the party?
(a) His mother made him move out.
(b) His brother had just died.
(c) His sister had just been arrested.
(d) He found out his father got remarried.

2. What created a wedge between Ephraim and Emma?
(a) Ephraim did not want Jacques to have a bar mitzvah.
(b) Ephraim wanted to move back to Palestine.
(c) Ephraim wanted to visit his ex-fiance.
(d) Ephraim could not keep a job.

3. Who remained calm knowing that "fear leads to bad decisions" (136)?
(a) Gabriele.
(b) Ephraim.
(c) Emma.
(d) Vicente.

4. Who helped the Rabinovitch family find their first home in Paris?
(a) Esther.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Boris.
(d) Emmanuel.

5. What was Lélia doing when she found the postcard?
(a) She was researching her family's history.
(b) She was reading a book.
(c) She was smoking outside.
(d) She was organizing her mother's belongings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II: Chapter 4, what does Anne agree to do in the letter she writes?

2. Why did Ephraim and Anna Gavronsky not get married?

3. How did Ephraim and Emma die?

4. Who drove Myriam out of Paris?

5. Who starred in films with Jean Renoir?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Myriam's family die?

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

3. What did the apples symbolize at Pesach?

4. How did Lélia learn so much about her family?

5. What did Ephraïm do after learning about Germany's new chancellor?

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

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

8. What had changed about Emma's in-laws when she saw them in Palestine?

9. What jobs did the Rabinovitch children aspire to?

10. What did Emmanuel do when he moved to Paris?

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