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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Build a tree fort.
(b) Join the Girl Scouts.
(c) Learn how to survive in the wild.
(d) Never go camping.

2. After his cousin died, for how long did Leo run the business?
(a) Less than 30 years.
(b) More than 50 years.
(c) More than 40 years.
(d) More than 30 years.

3. As Misha moves his hand under Alma's shirt, what does she do?
(a) She angrily pushes him away.
(b) She screams.
(c) She sits, frozen.
(d) She tells him to stop and says she likes someone else.

4. How old was Alma when David was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. Why does Zvi put this in his pocket?
(a) He wants to read the book.
(b) He needs to finish the article he was reading.
(c) He wants to reread the letter.
(d) He believed he would buy time for his friend.

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

7. What does Alma ask her mother about Alma?
(a) Last name.
(b) Where she is from.
(c) Where she lives.
(d) If she knew her.

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

9. What does Zvi read through while he stays with his friend?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) His friend's novel.
(c) Some of his friend's writings laid out on the desk.
(d) One of his favorite books.

10. Where is the book published?
(a) Quito.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Santiago.

11. Who is Misha Shklovsky?
(a) Alma's cousin.
(b) Charlotte's last boyfriend.
(c) The only boy Alma has ever kissed.
(d) Leo's son.

12. Who buys the book?
(a) Alma Mereminski.
(b) David Singer.
(c) Charlotte Singer.
(d) Zvi Litvinoff.

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

14. Misha, a penpal, first writes to Alma when she is how old?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy escape death?

2. What does Alma realize about the Alma in the book?

3. Who was Leo's favorite critic?

4. When did Rosa meet Zvi in Valparaiso?

5. What does Leo find when he goes up to Bruno's apartment?

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