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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The summer ends. Are Alma and Misha speaking?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes, by the end of the summer.
2. What does Zvi do before he leaves?
(a) He says good bye to his friend.
(b) He puts the package in his suitcase, looks around the room one last time.
(c) He copies the manuscript.
(d) He walks around the town taking photographs.
3. 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) Twenty days in a row.
(d) Five days in a row.
4. Why does Bird search through Alma's backpack again?
(a) For her sketchbook.
(b) For clues.
(c) For her diary.
(d) For money.
5. How does Bird feel when he comes to the list?
(a) He throws it away.
(b) He cries.
(c) He does not understand it.
(d) He adds to it.
6. What is printed at the top of the page, with Isaac's name beneath it?
(a) The title "Love That is Lost."
(b) The title "The History of Love."
(c) The title "Words for Everything."
(d) The title "Incredible."
7. What does Leo do when he first enters the house?
(a) He goes into the livingroom.
(b) He hugs Isaac.
(c) He talks to Isaac's wife.
(d) He cleans.
8. 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.
9. What does the contributor note?
(a) The piece was excerpted from Leo's manuscript.
(b) The piece was excerpted from Isaac's final manuscript.
(c) The piece is from a book in Isaac's home.
(d) The piece is from a manuscript by Leopold Gursky.
10. What has Bird tried to buy?
(a) A lemonade stand.
(b) A boat.
(c) A ticket to Israel.
(d) A tarp.
11. Sixteen years later, what has Zvi done?
(a) Written a letter to Leo every night.
(b) Read a page of Leo's book every night.
(c) Written his own book.
(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 Zvi handle this sorrow?
(a) He goes back to Poland.
(b) He spends a lot of time at local cafes.
(c) He contacts the surviving family members.
(d) He helps with a trial against the Nazis.
13. Zvi is excited about his relationship with Rosa, but why is he worried?
(a) Rosa would discover he is an empty shell.
(b) Rosa may not love him as much as he loves her.
(c) Rosa may tire of him.
(d) Rosa might want to return to Chile.
14. Where would Zvi eventually settle?
(a) In America.
(b) In Venezuela.
(c) In Argentina.
(d) In Chile.
15. What happens the day the rain stops?
(a) Bird takes down the ark.
(b) Alma tells Bird to take apart the ark.
(c) The firemen take down Bird's ark.
(d) Charlotte has the ark destroyed.
Short Answer Questions
1. Does Rosa ever tell Zvi about the letter that arrived from America?
2. Does Zvi sit with the intention of plagiarizing his friend, Leo Gursky?
3. Why is Bird mad at Alma?
4. Years earlier, what does Leo do when he finds out what kind of typewriter Isaac uses?
5. Why does Alma feel this way when Herman kisses her?
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