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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is printed at the top of the page, with Isaac's name beneath it?
(a) The title "The History of Love."
(b) The title "Incredible."
(c) The title "Love That is Lost."
(d) The title "Words for Everything."

2. Where would Zvi eventually settle?
(a) In Argentina.
(b) In America.
(c) In Chile.
(d) In Venezuela.

3. What does Zvi take down?
(a) A present.
(b) A letter.
(c) The package.
(d) A note.

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

5. Does Rosa ever tell Zvi about the letter that arrived from America?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, right before he died.
(c) Yes, but only part of it.
(d) No.

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

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

8. How does Alma feel when she finds out her mother had sent more chapters to Jacob Marcus?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is upset.
(d) She is sad.

9. Why does Zvi add this last chapter?
(a) He feels guilty for not telling Leo he stole his book.
(b) He loves this chapter the best.
(c) Anyone could turn to the last page of The History of Love and see the true author's name.
(d) This chapter is very important to the book.

10. Where does Alma search for drafts of letters?
(a) On the table.
(b) On the desk.
(c) In her mother's drawers.
(d) The garbage.

11. What has he come to find?
(a) His son.
(b) Letters to Alma.
(c) His picture.
(d) His book.

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

13. How does Zvi handle this sorrow?
(a) He goes back to Poland.
(b) He contacts the surviving family members.
(c) He helps with a trial against the Nazis.
(d) He spends a lot of time at local cafes.

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

15. What is written in Zvi's friend's handwriting?
(a) "To be held for Leopold Gursky until you see him again."
(b) "To be held for Bruno until you see him again."
(c) "For my friend, Zvi. Do with this as you wish."
(d) "Zvi, take care of this."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo do when he calls the magazine's fiction department?

2. Does Misha call Alma back?

3. What does Zvi take from his coat?

4. About what does Alma want Bird to stop talking?

5. What does the contributor note?

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