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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. When does Leo use his purchase?

2. What does Alma think Bird should do with his feelings?

3. Where do Alma and Herman sit watching the rain?

4. How does Zvi handle this sorrow?

5. Does Misha call Alma back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alma do when she goes into Bird's room while he is sleeping?

2. What has Bird written in his journal?

3. What does Zvi do after leaving Poland?

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

5. What does Zvi do on his last morning in Poland?

6. How does Alma uncover the mystery about Jacob Marcus?

7. Why does Bird pretend to be sick?

8. Why does Alma become upset when she gets home?

9. What happens when Uncle Julian leaves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bird narrates two of the chapters.

Part 1) Describe these two chapters. Why is he the narrator of these two chapters?

Part 2) What is revealed about Bird through these two chapters? How does this affect your opinion of Bird?

Part 3) Why does the author have Alma, Leo, and Bird narrate this book? Why are no other characters also narrators?

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

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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