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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did Ephraim own in Riga?

2. When did Myriam die?

3. How did Lélia's mail end up on the ground?

4. What job did Myriam dream about having?

5. Who did Emma become worried about because he or she stopped growing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Noémi get stricken from the list to be sent to Auschwitz?

2. When was Myriam able to have her family declared dead?

3. What jobs did the Rabinovitch children aspire to?

4. What happened when Anne spoke to her daughter's principal?

5. What did the apples symbolize at Pesach?

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

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

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

9. What was the Roberte Affair?

10. According to Anne's research, who typically sends anonymous letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Anne's narrative in The Postcard suggest a search for meaning and identity? What evidence suggests that Anne feels more fulfilled by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in The Postcard to analyze. Consider the character's development over the course of the novel as well as the character's changing motivation and goals.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the symbolism of the actual postcard in the novel. What does it represent? Does solving the mystery change anything? How does the postcard change Anne's life? What about Lélia's life?

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