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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 the night before he marries Rosa?

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

3. The summer ends. Are Alma and Misha speaking?

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

5. What does Bird find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Leo do when he goes upstairs?

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

5. Describe Zvi and Rosa courtship.

6. What happens when Alma Singer ends up at the address given for Alma Moritz?

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

8. What happens the night before Zvi dies?

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

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

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

Leo and Alma are brought together at the end of the story.

Part 1) How are they brought together? What events take place that lead to this meeting?

Part 2) Describe this meeting. Why is it significant?

Part 3) Predict how this meeting will permanently change these two characters.

Essay Topic 3

Zvi Litvinoff publishes Leo's book.

Part 1) Why does he publish Leo's book?

Part 2) How does Leo feel about this when he finds out? Why does he react this way?

Part 3) Why does Zvi add an extra chapter at the end of the book? What does this reveal about him?

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