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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. What does Zvi do with his friend's work?

2. Who had Leo sent excerpts to in America?

3. He watched over his friend the entire night, and how was his friend in the morning?

4. When Bruno's wife died, what did he do?

5. As a young man in Poland, Zvi had what he has not seen since?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several literary devices are used throughout the story.

Part 1) What literary devices are used? How are they used?

Part 2) How do these devices set the mood for the story, as well as provide information to the reader?

Part 3) Are these devices necessary to this story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

David Singer dies when Alma is six.

Part 1) How does he die? How does his death affect the family?

Part 2) Do the family members grieve in healthy ways? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does the grief of each family member affect the others in the family? How does it affect their relationships with others?

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