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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. Why is Emanuel Chaim known as Bird?

2. What does Leo note about Bernard, Isaac's half-brother?

3. What does Leo realize when he winds up at Starbucks?

4. What happens to the original manuscript?

5. How long does Rosa watch Zvi before talking with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What takes place that affects Misha and Alma's friendship?

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

5. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

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

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

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

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

One theme is about surviving after a loss.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) How do the various characters survive after a loss? Are they able to overcome their grief? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might you survive after a loss? Is there a character whose way of grieving you can understand the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Alma Singer is another narrator.

Part 1) Describe her. Why is she also a narrator?

Part 2) How do the chapters narrated by Alma compare to those by Leo?

Part 3) How does the author use parallel circumstances and relationships to connect these two characters? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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