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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A + L and The Death of Leopold Gursky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sixteen years later, what has Zvi done?
(a) Read a page of Leo's book every night.
(b) Written a letter to Leo every night.
(c) Copied a chapter from Leo's book every night, word for word, except for the names, all but one of which he changed.
(d) Written his own book.

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

3. After this person says this, what does Leo begin to do?
(a) Walk out the door.
(b) Pick up the phone.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Pick up pages.

4. Why does Alma think that Mereminski and Litvinoff knew each other as children?
(a) The book contains stories about Alma Mereminski as a child.
(b) The book contains descriptions about Alma and Zvi in Poland.
(c) The book contains stories about the two of them.
(d) The book contains stories about Alma and Zvi in New York as children.

5. What does Leo wonder about the book?
(a) How he lost it.
(b) Who wrote it.
(c) If it is true.
(d) How it survived.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bird give Alma an orange life jacket as a present?

2. Does Rosa ever tell Zvi about the letter that arrived from America?

3. Does Zvi sit with the intention of plagiarizing his friend, Leo Gursky?

4. What makes Isaac stop as he leaves Starbucks?

5. About what does Alma want Bird to stop talking?

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