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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bruno wake Leo?
(a) By calling him on the phone several times.
(b) By gently shaking him.
(c) By setting his alarm clock.
(d) By shouting that Leo has been written about in a magazine.

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

4. Has the doorman ever heard of The History of Love?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Probably.
(d) No.

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

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

7. What does Leo do when he calls the magazine's fiction department?
(a) He argues about whether or not Isaac Moritz wrote the story.
(b) He argues that he wrote the story.
(c) He thanks them for printing the article.
(d) He tells them that Isaac Moritz did not write the story.

8. When Zvi is about to have The History of Love published, what does the editor say about the last chapter that Zvi added?
(a) It adds nothing to the book and he wants to remove it.
(b) It should be edited a little better.
(c) It makes perfect sense.
(d) It is a wonderful addition.

9. Why does Bird search through Alma's backpack again?
(a) For her sketchbook.
(b) For clues.
(c) For money.
(d) For her diary.

10. What does Julian ask Alma to do?
(a) Go out to dinner.
(b) Meet him at the library.
(c) Meet him at home.
(d) Go shopping with him.

11. What does Leo do when he first enters the house?
(a) He hugs Isaac.
(b) He cleans.
(c) He talks to Isaac's wife.
(d) He goes into the livingroom.

12. What does Zvi do when the war ends?
(a) He forgets the past.
(b) He goes back to Poland.
(c) He meets up with the remaining members of his family.
(d) He slowly figures out what happened to his family.

13. What does Leo see?
(a) A book.
(b) A piano.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A photo album.

14. How long has Leo tracked Isaac's whereabouts?
(a) For several months.
(b) For a week.
(c) For a year.
(d) Since he was a small boy.

15. When he is finally able to rent a room of his own, what does Zvi do?
(a) He loses the package.
(b) He burns the package.
(c) He puts the package from Leo in the closet.
(d) He gives the package back to Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written in Zvi's friend's handwriting?

2. After Uncle Julian leaves, what happens to Charlotte?

3. Does Rosa ever tell Zvi about the letter that arrived from America?

4. What does Alma tell the clerk about Alma Mereminski?

5. Why does Bird write that he is going away?

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