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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 Bernard tell Leo Isaac found with a photo of Leo and Alma?
(a) Letters written by Leo.
(b) Letters written in Spanish.
(c) Letters written in German.
(d) Letters written in Yiddish.

2. What does Zvi think of often?
(a) This house.
(b) This family.
(c) This friend.
(d) This wife.

3. From where does most of the information about Zvi come?
(a) His book.
(b) His autobiography.
(c) Letters to his wife.
(d) The introduction his wife, Roas, wrote when the book was reissued after his death.

4. Why does Alma think that Mereminski came to New York?
(a) Litvinoff wrote about a string held by a woman who left for America.
(b) Litvinoff wrote about a string held by a woman who lives in Brooklyn.
(c) Litvinoff wrote about a woman who flew to New York.
(d) Litvinoff wrote about a woman who returned to New York.

5. What notebook does Alma begin to keep?
(a) It is called How to Survive in the Wild.
(b) It is called I Will Survive.
(c) It is called I Love My Daddy.
(d) It is called My Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Alma read?

2. What has Leo enjoyed writing about since childhood?

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

4. On how many dates has Charlotte gone on since David's death? T

5. Why does Alma think Litvinoff did not give Alma Mereminski a Spanish name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

4. What is known about Alma's parents' marriage?

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

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

7. What takes place in the book that seems to coincide with his life?

8. How does Alma first begin her search for Alma Mereminski? What is the result of this search?

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

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

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