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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 wonder about the book?
(a) Who wrote it.
(b) If it is true.
(c) How it survived.
(d) How he lost it.

2. The girl tells the boy she was pregnant but never received a reply. When she assumed he was dead, what did she do?
(a) She married her boss's son.
(b) She became a single mother.
(c) She married her neighbor.
(d) She gave the baby up for adoption.

3. How many copies are printed?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?

2. What does Leo notice about the text he is reading?

3. Leo looks under his pillow. What does he find?

4. As Misha moves his hand under Alma's shirt, what does she do?

5. How long does Zvi sit with his friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zvi do the next, after staying with his friend? Why does he do this?

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

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

5. For what does Leo Gursky sign up? What does Bruno think about this?

6. What does Leo do after his heart attack?

7. How do Zvi and Rosa meet and fall in love?

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

9. What would Zvi do with his friend frequently?

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

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