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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leo realize when he winds up at Starbucks?
(a) He is happy to be a part of the world.
(b) He does not want coffee.
(c) He did not see if Bruno wanted coffee.
(d) He forgot his wallet at home.

2. What does Leo see when he arrives at Bernard's house?
(a) The house is filled with memories of Isaac.
(b) The house is full of mourners, all talking about Isaac.
(c) The house is full of Alma's family members.
(d) The house is full of Leo's friends.

3. What does Leo notice about the text he is reading?
(a) They are his words.
(b) It is Bruno's handwriting.
(c) He does not recognize the handwriting.
(d) They are Alma's words.

4. After his cousin died, for how long did Leo run the business?
(a) Less than 30 years.
(b) More than 30 years.
(c) More than 50 years.
(d) More than 40 years.

5. He watched over his friend the entire night, and how was his friend in the morning?
(a) Completely better.
(b) The same.
(c) Worse.
(d) Better.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Nazis invade the boy's hometown of Slonim?

2. Uncle Julian, Charlotte's brother, sent Alma her father's old Swiss Army knife, saying it helps one survive in the wilderness, and that her father was a great outdoors man. What does Alma decide to do?

3. Who had Leo sent excerpts to in America?

4. Zvi was a journalist writing what?

5. Jacob Marcus sends a response. What does Alma do with this letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader learn most information about Zvi Litvinoff?

2. About what does Leo write?

3. What does Leo do when he sees that his son has died?

4. Why does Leo go into an empty bedroom in Bernard's house?

5. What does Alma do when she realizes the Alma in the book must have been real?

6. Why is Emanuel Chaim known as Bird? What else is unique about Emanuel?

7. How does this part of the chapter suggest that Bruno had feelings for Alma as well?

8. What has Alma learned about Alma Mereminski? What does she believe is the connection between Mereminski and Litvinoff?

9. Who does Leo find in his apartment when he returns from the library? What does this person say to him?

10. Why is Leo surprised to see a copy of his book? How does this make him feel?

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