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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does he do when he goes upstairs?
(a) He looks at the pictures on the wall.
(b) He looks through Isaac's closet, sniffing at his clothes and putting on his watch.
(c) He sits on Isaac's bed.
(d) He looks out the window.

2. What does Alma print?
(a) A map and directions to Isaac Moritz's house,
(b) An e-mail from her father.
(c) A letter from Jabob.
(d) A picture for Bird.

3. Leo sits in front of the typewriter and thinks about who?
(a) Alma.
(b) His friends.
(c) All the family members he has lost over the years.
(d) His son.

4. How does Rosa destroy the manuscript?
(a) She purposely floods the house.
(b) She burns it.
(c) She shreds it.
(d) She throws it in the trash.

5. On Zvi's last morning in Poland, what does he watch his friend do?
(a) Disappear around the corner.
(b) Go into his house.
(c) Join the Nazis.
(d) Leave in a bus.

6. Where do Alma and Herman sit watching the rain?
(a) On Isaac Moritz's porch.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) In the car.
(d) From her porch.

7. What does Zvi then do?
(a) He moves to America.
(b) He calls his friend.
(c) He walks back to his room.
(d) He heads home.

8. Who does Charlotte take Bird to see?
(a) Mr. Goldstein.
(b) Uncle Julian.
(c) Misha.
(d) A psychiatrist.

9. What does Zvi take from his coat?
(a) A ticket.
(b) His wallet.
(c) A picture.
(d) The brown paper package.

10. Why is Bird mad at Alma?
(a) For telling their mother to destroy his ark.
(b) For destroying his ark.
(c) For allowing the firemen to take down the ark and for throwing away David's things without asking Bird first.
(d) For ruining his life.

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

12. How does Leo get into the house?
(a) He has a neighbor unlock the door.
(b) He has Isaac's wife let him in.
(c) He waits for Isaac for return.
(d) He picks the lock.

13. What does Bird find?
(a) Money.
(b) Her diary.
(c) Her sketchbook.
(d) Pages from The History of Love.

14. How does Julian respond when Alma asks if he thinks David would have wanted Charlotte to fall in love again?
(a) He is not sure what David would want.
(b) David would not want her to fall in love again.
(c) David would have wanted that very much.
(d) He cannot answer for David.

15. Does Leo see his book or any sign of himself in Isaac's house?
(a) Some.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only in Isaac's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo do when he first enters the house?

2. Along the way, what does Alma tell Herman?

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

4. Where does Alma search for drafts of letters?

5. When Leo calls back, what does he ask the man?

(see the answer keys)

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