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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. Pained that he does not know his son in the same way, what does Leo do?
(a) He wanders into the living room and falls asleep.
(b) He heads home.
(c) He wanders into a bedroom and falls asleep.
(d) He wanders outside.

2. What does Misha ask Alma about Alma Mereminski?
(a) Where Alma lives.
(b) What happens to her character in the book.
(c) Why she thinks this Alma is a real person.
(d) Why she has not contacted Mereminski.

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

4. How long does Zvi sit with his friend?
(a) A week.
(b) Until his friend falls asleep.
(c) A couple of hours.
(d) For a few moments.

5. Who was Leo's favorite critic?
(a) Bruno.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Alma.
(d) Isaac.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his cousin died, for how long did Leo run the business?

2. What does Alma do after reading The History of Love?

3. What does Leo see when he arrives at Bernard's house?

4. What has Leo enjoyed writing about since childhood?

5. The girl tells the boy she was pregnant but never received a reply. When she assumed he was dead, what did she do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bird tell Alma about the lamed vovniks?

2. About what does Leo write?

3. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

4. Why does Alma think that Alma Mereminski is a real person?

5. How does Alma meet Misha? What does she share with Misha?

6. Why does Zvi's friend not show up to meet him?

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

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

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

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

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