View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Alma tell the clerk about Alma Mereminski?
(a) She may have died.
(b) She may have gotten married.
(c) She may live in New York.
(d) She may have never existed.

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

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

5. Does Misha call Alma back?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, right away.
(c) Not at first.
(d) No.

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

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

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

9. What does Zvi do when he goes to replace Alma's name with Rosa's?
(a) He writes Rosa.
(b) He stops.
(c) He writes Rosie.
(d) He writes Ralma.

10. What does Rosa say happens to the book?
(a) It has been sent back to Poland.
(b) It has been thrown away.
(c) It had been destroyed in a flood.
(d) It has been published under Zvi's name.

11. What does Zvi do the night before he dies?
(a) He tells Rosa to contact Leo.
(b) He calls out for Rosa.
(c) He tells Rosa he will see Leo soon.
(d) He calls out for Leo.

12. The summer ends. Are Alma and Misha speaking?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes, by the end of the summer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Alma and Herman sit watching the rain?

2. When does Leo use his purchase?

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

4. Why is Bird mad at Alma?

5. Sixteen years later, what has Zvi done?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 546 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample