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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Leo gives the man his name, what does the man think?
(a) Leo is joking.
(b) Leo is crazy.
(c) Leo is mad.
(d) Leo is lying.

2. Who does Charlotte take Bird to see?
(a) Mr. Goldstein.
(b) Uncle Julian.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) Misha.

3. What does Zvi recite?
(a) A letter from Leo.
(b) The words from the paper he had taken from his friend.
(c) The words of a song.
(d) A poem he has written.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens the day the rain stops?
(a) Alma tells Bird to take apart the ark.
(b) The firemen take down Bird's ark.
(c) Bird takes down the ark.
(d) Charlotte has the ark destroyed.

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

12. 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 "Incredible."
(c) The title "Words for Everything."
(d) The title "The History of Love."

13. Why does Alma leave and head to the City Clerk's office?
(a) The man says she never married.
(b) The man says he does not have time to help her.
(c) The man says he only has information on marriages up until 1937.
(d) The man says she is still alive.

14. What kind of a list has Alma made about Misha?
(a) The things she misses about him.
(b) The things they have in common.
(c) The things she loves about him.
(d) The things she dislikes about him.

15. What is her response to Leo's letter?
(a) Zvi wants no contact with Leo.
(b) Zvi is too ill to respond but is happy to hear Leo is still alive.
(c) Zvi has just passed away.
(d) Zvi does not believe Leo is alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Bird tried to buy?

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

3. What does Leo do when he first enters the house?

4. How does Alma feel when Herman kisses her?

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

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