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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. What did Jean Sidoine leave for Myriam to use late each night?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A radio.
(d) A bicycle.

2. Who does Anne write to when she admits guilt for not remembering a conversation with Myriam as a child?
(a) Claire.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Lélia.
(d) Georges.

3. What did somebody leave on Anne and Lélia's vehicle outside town hall?
(a) A picture of Myriam.
(b) A picture of Emma's piano.
(c) A document with family history typed on it.
(d) An envelope full of postcards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was hoping to meet Lélia and Anne at the town hall?

2. Who tells Myriam her parents were sent to Germany?

3. Whose notebooks did Lélia receive in a sealed envelope?

4. How long was Vicente sentenced to prison?

5. When did the government organize the release of deportees in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lélia's relationship like with Myriam in adulthood?

2. Describe Madame Chabaud.

3. How does Myriam learn that her family has been arrested from Les Forges?

4. What kind of relationship did Lélia have with Yves?

5. What was strange about Vicente registering Lélia's birth?

6. What was significant about Noémi's notebooks?

7. What is significant about how Vicente died?

8. What task does Jean Sidoine assign Myriam?

9. According to Lélia, why did Myriam stay quiet about the past?

10. How and when did Vicente die?

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