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

3. When he is finally able to rent a room of his own, what does Zvi do?

4. When Leo gives the man his name, what does the man think?

5. Why does Alma leave and head to the City Clerk's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Uncle Julian leaves?

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

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

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

6. What does Leo believe about this manuscript, regarding Isaac?

7. What has Bird written in his journal?

8. What does Zvi do when the war ends?

9. What happens the night before Zvi dies?

10. What happens when no one answers at Leo's destination?

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

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?

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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