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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 Zvi do more as the years go by?
(a) Becomes depressed.
(b) Writes books.
(c) Coughs.
(d) Forgets memories.

2. How many weeks pass and Alma still has not spoken to Misha and Uncle Julian has not left?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One week.

3. What does Bird tell Alma he believes about himself?
(a) He may be the Messiah.
(b) He wants to be a rabbi.
(c) He may be a lamed vovnik.
(d) He wants to be a priest.

4. What does Zvi do with his friend's work?
(a) He mouths the words as a prayer for life.
(b) He steals it.
(c) He reads it to his friend.
(d) He throws it away.

5. Why does Zvi put this in his pocket?
(a) He wants to read the book.
(b) He needs to finish the article he was reading.
(c) He wants to reread the letter.
(d) He believed he would buy time for his friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Alma's mother take to bed after David's death?

2. How many books does Leo write before turning 21?

3. Why does Alma think that Mereminski and Litvinoff knew each other as children?

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

5. Who buys the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Charlotte and Alma deal with David's death?

3. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

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

6. How does David Singer get a copy of The History of Love?

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

8. What does Leo do after his heart attack?

9. What would Zvi do with his friend frequently?

10. What is learned about Zvi at the beginning of this chapter?

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