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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter say Alma finds in the trashcan?
(a) Julian has been kicked out by his wife and needs a place to stay.
(b) Julian defends his relationship with a colleague and accuses Frances of changing.
(c) Charlotte would like to meet Jacob in person.
(d) Alma tells David that she will always love him but is ready to move on.

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

3. On how many dates has Charlotte gone on since David's death? T
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

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

6. What is unusual about Alma Mereminski's name?
(a) All of the other names in the book are Spanish.
(b) All of the other names in the book are Polish.
(c) It is the only name in the book.
(d) It is mentioned over one hundred times.

7. A few weeks later, what does Zvi discover when his friend does not show up?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) He has run away.
(c) He is captured by the Nazis.
(d) He has moved.

8. Two months later, what does Zvi begin to do?
(a) Read parts of The History of Love to her.
(b) Contact Leo.
(c) Write The History of Love.
(d) Write his own book.

9. Leo looks under his pillow. What does he find?
(a) A brown envelope with his name on it, in an unfamiliar handwriting.
(b) A letter from Bernard.
(c) A letter from Bruno.
(d) A card from Bruno.

10. For how long does Alma's mother take to bed after David's death?
(a) Nearly a month.
(b) Nearly two years.
(c) Nearly six months.
(d) Nearly a year.

11. What does Leo do with Isaac's picture?
(a) He cuts it out of the paper and puts it in his wallet.
(b) He shows it to Bruno.
(c) He frames it.
(d) He looks at it and begins to cry.

12. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Mr. Goldstein.
(c) Bruno.
(d) The rabbi.

13. 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 lives in Brooklyn.
(c) Litvinoff wrote about a woman who returned to New York.
(d) Litvinoff wrote about a string held by a woman who left for America.

14. What does Leo notice about the names he originally used?
(a) The have stayed the same.
(b) They are misspelled.
(c) They have been changed to English names.
(d) They have been changed to Spanish names.

15. What is a book that the librarian finds by Leopold Gursky?
(a) Batman.
(b) The Incredible.
(c) The Incredibles.
(d) Wonder Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo see when he arrives at Bernard's house?

2. For whom does Alma search the Internet?

3. What does Alma add to the list of clues?

4. What does Misha say when Alma talks to him on the phone?

5. What does Alma start doing the next day?

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