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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 Leo do when no one answers?

2. Along the way, what does Alma tell Herman?

3. What kind of a list has Alma made about Misha?

4. After Uncle Julian leaves, what happens to Charlotte?

5. Zvi is excited about his relationship with Rosa, but why is he worried?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bird pretend to be sick?

2. What does Zvi do when he reaches the last page?

3. About what does Julina tell Alma while they are out to dinner?

4. Where is Leo headed at the beginning of this chapter?

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

6. How does Bird react when the rain stops and the firemen tear down his ark?

7. What does Leo do when he sits in front of the typewriter?

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

9. What does Zvi do after leaving Poland?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alma is named after the Alma in The History of Love.

Part 1) Why is she named after this Alma?

Part 2) How might the fact that Alma Mereminski is Alma Singer's namesake affect Alma Singer? How might it influence choices she makes?

Part 3) What other parallel's exist between Alma Mereminski and Alma Singer, besides their names?

Essay Topic 2

Bird decides to help Alma on her quest.

Part 1) Why does he decide to help her? What does this decision to help her say about Bird?

Part 2) How does this decision reinforce one or more of the themes?

Part 3) Is his help useful to Alma? Why or why not? How does his own quest to help her also help him?

Essay Topic 3

Alma's brother, Chaim, is called Bird.

Part 1) Why is he called Brid? How does this nickname reflect Bird's personality?

Part 2) What else is unique about Bird? How does this support one of the story's themes?

Part 3) How is Bird's behavior related to his father's death and his mother and sister's grief?

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