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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Die Laughing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Zvi and his friend do in a local cafe?
(a) They would reminisce and talk about writing every night.
(b) They would drink coffee and talk about politics.
(c) They would watch the other people who would come in.
(d) They would talk about their families and drink coffee.

2. What does Leo buy?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) A new suit.
(c) A new hat.
(d) A frame.

3. What does Bird tell Alma he believes about himself?
(a) He wants to be a priest.
(b) He wants to be a rabbi.
(c) He may be a lamed vovnik.
(d) He may be the Messiah.

4. Why does Alma think that Mereminski came to New York?
(a) Litvinoff wrote about a woman who flew to New York.
(b) Litvinoff wrote about a string held by a woman who left for America.
(c) Litvinoff wrote about a string held by a woman who lives in Brooklyn.
(d) Litvinoff wrote about a woman who returned to New York.

5. What does Alma do when Bird asks about their father?
(a) She says nothing.
(b) She tells him what she knows.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She makes up several facts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What notebook does Alma begin to keep?

2. Uncle Julian, Charlotte's brother, sent Alma her father's old Swiss Army knife, saying it helps one survive in the wilderness, and that her father was a great outdoors man. What does Alma decide to do?

3. What does Zvi do more as the years go by?

4. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?

5. Who is Misha Shklovsky?

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