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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the two walk, what does Misha tell Alma some people think?

2. What does Leo wonder about the book?

3. On the title page of Charlotte's copy, what does Alma read?

4. From where does most of the information about Zvi come?

5. What does this person tell Leo to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Leo find in his apartment when he returns from the library? What does this person say to him?

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

4. What does Alma wonder about The History of Love and its connection to her parents?

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

6. What does Alma do when she realizes the Alma in the book must have been real?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leo becomes famous for loving one woman all his life and writing about it.

Part 1) How does this statement support one or more of the themes?

Part 2) Why has he only loved one woman? What message does this send to the reader?

Part 3) How is this idea of loving one individual echoed throughout this story? What is the purpose of this?

Essay Topic 2

Zvi Litvinoff publishes Leo's book.

Part 1) Why does he publish Leo's book?

Part 2) How does Leo feel about this when he finds out? Why does he react this way?

Part 3) Why does Zvi add an extra chapter at the end of the book? What does this reveal about him?

Essay Topic 3

Alma Singer searches for Alma Mereminski.

Part 1) Why does she search for her?

Part 2) How does her quest for finding Alma Mereminski change her? Why is she changed?

Part 3) What is the connection between her search and the events that take place in Leo Gursky's life?

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