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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bird feel when he comes to the list?
(a) He throws it away.
(b) He adds to it.
(c) He cries.
(d) He does not understand it.

2. What does Alma ask Julian about his relationship with Frances?
(a) Why he left her.
(b) How he fell in love with Frances.
(c) How he feels about her now.
(d) Why he cheated on her.

3. Why does Bird write that he is going away?
(a) He is a lamed vovnik and needs to take care of many things.
(b) He is tired of his family.
(c) He does not fit in here.
(d) He loves Israel.

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

5. What does Zvi do before he leaves?
(a) He walks around the town taking photographs.
(b) He says good bye to his friend.
(c) He puts the package in his suitcase, looks around the room one last time.
(d) He copies the manuscript.

6. After Uncle Julian leaves, what happens to Charlotte?
(a) She begins spending more time with her children.
(b) She becomes more withdrawn.
(c) She is much improved.
(d) She is less depressed.

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

8. 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.

9. What does Leo do when no one answers?
(a) He leaves.
(b) He calls Isaac at work.
(c) He calls the house.
(d) He walks to the back of the house.

10. What has Leo lost?
(a) A few things.
(b) Not much.
(c) Alma.
(d) So many things.

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

12. Why does Bird give Alma an orange life jacket as a present?
(a) She looks good in orange.
(b) She likes to go boating.
(c) She is not a good swimmer.
(d) He is preparing her for a flood.

13. What does Julian say about a self-portrait of Rembrandt?
(a) It feels intense, yet looks serene.
(b) It feels serene, yet looks intense.
(c) It is exciting, yet plain.
(d) It is plain, yet exciting.

14. For how many days does Bird write that it has been raining?
(a) Ten days in a row.
(b) Fifteen days in a row.
(c) Five days in a row.
(d) Twenty days in a row.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Zvi sit with the intention of plagiarizing his friend, Leo Gursky?

2. Why does Alma feel this way when Herman kisses her?

3. What is her response to Leo's letter?

4. Leo sits in front of the typewriter and thinks about who?

5. The summer ends. Are Alma and Misha speaking?

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