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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 happens to the original manuscript?
(a) It is sent to Leo.
(b) It is left in Poland.
(c) It is thrown away.
(d) It is lost when their home is flooded.

2. What is a book that the librarian finds by Leopold Gursky?
(a) The Incredible.
(b) Wonder Woman.
(c) The Incredibles.
(d) Batman.

3. The next day, why does Alma head for the Municipal Archives?
(a) She is looking for a book.
(b) She is going to a poetry reading.
(c) She is researching her family background.
(d) She is looking for information on Mereminski's death.

4. For whom does Alma search the Internet?
(a) Isaac Moritz.
(b) Leo Gursky.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Alma Mereminski.

5. When did Rosa meet Zvi in Valparaiso?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this person say he or she is writing?

2. Why does Leo Gursky respond to an ad for nude models?

3. 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?

4. What does Zvi, when leaving, put in his pocket?

5. Pained that he does not know his son in the same way, what does Leo do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Leo feel right before he learns of his son's death?

3. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

5. What does Alma do when Jacob Marcus sends a response to her letter?

6. What would Zvi do with his friend frequently?

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

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

9. What had Isaac found of his mother's? What do these things make him believe?

10. What does Leo notice about this copy of his book?

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