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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this person say he or she is writing?
(a) A book about Leo.
(b) A book about Poland.
(c) A book about Alma.
(d) A book about his life.

2. When did Rosa meet Zvi in Valparaiso?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1951.

3. What makes Isaac stop as he leaves Starbucks?
(a) He sees his picture in the paper.
(b) He finds a phone to call Bruno.
(c) He sees Isaac's picture and a headline that says he has died.
(d) He has to go home to get his wallet.

4. When Alma writes the letter to Jacob Marcus pretending to be Charlotte, who does she tell?
(a) Leo.
(b) Misha.
(c) Uncle Julian.
(d) Bird.

5. What does Bruno think about the class?
(a) He thinks it would be great to be seen so completely by others.
(b) He is bored with nothing better to do.
(c) He needs to make some extra money.
(d) He thinks he signed up to see naked women.

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

7. What happens after Rosa and Zvi begin talking?
(a) They become nervous.
(b) They fall in love.
(c) They do not like each other.
(d) They become annoyed.

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

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

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

11. How long does Rosa watch Zvi before talking with him?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several minutes.
(c) Several months.
(d) Several hours.

12. When Leo came to America, what did he become?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A locksmith.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A writer.

13. What does Misha ask Alma about Alma Mereminski?
(a) What happens to her character in the book.
(b) Why she thinks this Alma is a real person.
(c) Where Alma lives.
(d) Why she has not contacted Mereminski.

14. What does Bernard tell Leo Isaac found with a photo of Leo and Alma?
(a) Letters written in Yiddish.
(b) Letters written by Leo.
(c) Letters written in Spanish.
(d) Letters written in German.

15. What does Alma start doing the next day?
(a) Looking for Zvi.
(b) Looking for Leo.
(c) Looking for Jacob Marcus.
(d) Looking for Alma Mereminski.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zvi was a journalist writing what?

2. What does Alma do when Bird asks about their father?

3. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?

4. What happens to the original manuscript?

5. Who is Misha Shklovsky?

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