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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A + L and The Death of Leopold Gursky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bird write that he is going away?
(a) He loves Israel.
(b) He does not fit in here.
(c) He is tired of his family.
(d) He is a lamed vovnik and needs to take care of many things.

2. When did Rosa meet Zvi in Valparaiso?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1961.

3. The summer ends. Are Alma and Misha speaking?
(a) Some.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, by the end of the summer.

4. What does Zvi do the night before he marries Rosa?
(a) He digs up the manuscript, kept the book in a locked desk drawer and hid the key.
(b) He reads his book to her.
(c) He burns the manuscript.
(d) He stops writing letters to Leo.

5. What does he do when he goes upstairs?
(a) He looks through Isaac's closet, sniffing at his clothes and putting on his watch.
(b) He sits on Isaac's bed.
(c) He looks at the pictures on the wall.
(d) He looks out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leo sits in front of the typewriter and thinks about who?

2. How does Leo reply when she says her name is Alma?

3. What does Julian say about a self-portrait of Rembrandt?

4. Where does Alma's father David meet Alma's mother, Charlotte?

5. How many books does Leo write before turning 21?

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