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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 Hebrew name was given to Anne?

2. Who does the small fox remind her of?

3. What did Jean Sidoine leave for Myriam to use late each night?

4. What kind of animal did Myriam take Anne to feed on a hillside?

5. When did Yves have a nervous breakdown while taking a work call?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Lélia's feelings about Anne's quest for answers change?

3. What happened after Lélia asked who her biological father was?

4. What was significant about Noémi's notebooks?

5. How and when did Vicente die?

6. What does Myriam think when she sees Vicente for the first time after he gets out of prison?

7. What task does Jean Sidoine assign Myriam?

8. What do Lélia and Anne find on their car outside the town hall?

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

10. How does Myriam and Vicente's relationship with Yves change after they move back to Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Anne Berest build tension in The Postcard? Is it effective? Cite at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of Paris as a setting in the novel. How does Paris compare to one of the other settings in the novel? What does Paris represent to the Rabinovitch family?

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