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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leo note about Bernard, Isaac's half-brother?
(a) He looks much like Alma.
(b) He looks much like him.
(c) He looks much like Isaac.
(d) He looks much like his father, Mordecai.

2. What happens to the original manuscript?
(a) It is thrown away.
(b) It is lost when their home is flooded.
(c) It is left in Poland.
(d) It is sent to Leo.

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

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

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

6. Where does Alma's father David meet Alma's mother, Charlotte?
(a) In a concentration camp.
(b) In Chile.
(c) In the United States.
(d) On an Israeli kibbutz.

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

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

9. What does Leo do after his heart attack?
(a) He contacts Alma.
(b) He calls his son.
(c) He stops writing.
(d) He resumes writing.

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

11. How does the boy escape death?
(a) He hides.
(b) He becomes a Nazi.
(c) He runs away to Russia.
(d) He works hard in a concentration camp.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma do after reading The History of Love?

2. What makes Isaac stop as he leaves Starbucks?

3. What is unusual about Alma Mereminski's name?

4. What does Alma ask her mother about Alma?

5. Pained that he does not know his son in the same way, what does Leo do?

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