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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. Uncle Julian, Charlotte's brother, sent Alma her father's old Swiss Army knife, saying it helps one survive in the wilderness, and that her father was a great outdoors man. What does Alma decide to do?

2. About what does Alma read?

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

4. What does Leo notice about the names he originally used?

5. What does Leo find when he goes up to Bruno's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Alma do when Jacob Marcus sends a response to her letter?

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

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

7. What had Isaac found of his mother's? What do these things make him believe?

8. How does the reader learn most information about Zvi Litvinoff?

9. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The History of Love is Leo's story.

Part 1) Describe this story. Why does he write this?

Part 2) Why does he give it to Zvi? How does this story affect Zvi's life? Why does it affect his life?

Part 3) How does the history of Leo's book unfold as this story unfolds? What literary devices are used to tell these two stories simultaneously?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Leo, Zvi, and Bruno are all from the same town.

Part 1) From what town are they? How is this significant?

Part 2) What else do they have in common? How does this influence the plot of this story?

Part 3) Compare their lives after their separation and various departures from this town. How have their lives changed? How have their lives continued to be similar?

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