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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. Who plans to cross the Pyrenees on foot?

2. How does Mireille Sidoine describe Myriam?

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

4. When Chabaud gives Myriam an orange, what does she think of?

5. What did Chabaud tell Myriam to make a bed out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Myriam go to Dijon?

2. What did Vicente do immediately after getting released from prison?

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

4. How did Vicente and Myriam's relationship change at the Hanged Man's House?

5. In Chapter 25, what does Lélia tell Anne about her first months of life?

6. Who is Guy?

7. How and when did Vicente die?

8. Why did Myriam learn to celebrate Christmas?

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

10. What was Marseille like for Myriam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Lélia's childhood compare to Anne's? What did they have in common? Why did both struggle with a sense of identity?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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