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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 take down?
(a) The package.
(b) A present.
(c) A letter.
(d) A note.

2. Has the doorman ever heard of The History of Love?
(a) Probably.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

3. What does Bird wonder about his mother?
(a) If she ever loved David.
(b) If she had other children.
(c) If she was in love with someone before David.
(d) If she will ever be happy again.

4. Sixteen years later, what has Zvi done?
(a) Written a letter to Leo every night.
(b) Read a page of Leo's book every night.
(c) Copied a chapter from Leo's book every night, word for word, except for the names, all but one of which he changed.
(d) Written his own book.

5. Why does Bird write that he is going away?
(a) He is tired of his family.
(b) He does not fit in here.
(c) He loves Israel.
(d) He is a lamed vovnik and needs to take care of many things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma print?

2. How does Alma feel when Herman kisses her?

3. About what does Alma want Bird to stop talking?

4. What has Leo lost?

5. What has he come to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zvi do when the war ends?

2. What happens when no one answers at Leo's destination?

3. Why does Alma become upset when she gets home?

4. What does Zvi do when he gets to Alma's name in the book?

5. Describe Zvi and Rosa courtship.

6. What does Zvi not think about when he copies the pages of Leo's book?

7. What does Leo realize when he reads an article in a magazine?

8. What happens when Alma Singer ends up at the address given for Alma Moritz?

9. What does Leo believe about this manuscript, regarding Isaac?

10. What does Alma do when she arrives at the Municipal Archives? What happens when she goes to the City Clerk's office?

(see the answer keys)

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