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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a book that the librarian finds by Leopold Gursky?
(a) The Incredibles.
(b) Wonder Woman.
(c) The Incredible.
(d) Batman.

2. What would Zvi and his friend do in a local cafe?
(a) They would drink coffee and talk about politics.
(b) They would reminisce and talk about writing every night.
(c) They would talk about their families and drink coffee.
(d) They would watch the other people who would come in.

3. How many copies are printed?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 200.

4. As Misha moves his hand under Alma's shirt, what does she do?
(a) She angrily pushes him away.
(b) She sits, frozen.
(c) She screams.
(d) She tells him to stop and says she likes someone else.

5. How many books does Leo write before turning 21?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

6. What does Leo notice about the names he originally used?
(a) They have been changed to English names.
(b) They are misspelled.
(c) The have stayed the same.
(d) They have been changed to Spanish names.

7. Where is the book published?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Quito.
(d) Santiago.

8. Uncle Julian, Charlotte's brother, sent Alma her father's old Swiss Army knife, saying it helps one survive in the wilderness, and that her father was a great outdoors man. What does Alma decide to do?
(a) Never go camping.
(b) Build a tree fort.
(c) Learn how to survive in the wild.
(d) Join the Girl Scouts.

9. What does Misha ask Alma about Alma Mereminski?
(a) Why she has not contacted Mereminski.
(b) Where Alma lives.
(c) Why she thinks this Alma is a real person.
(d) What happens to her character in the book.

10. What has Leo enjoyed writing about since childhood?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Superheroes.
(c) Imaginary things.
(d) His life.

11. How long does Rosa watch Zvi before talking with him?
(a) Several months.
(b) Several minutes.
(c) Several hours.
(d) Several days.

12. When do the Nazis invade the boy's hometown of Slonim?
(a) In 1940.
(b) In 1939.
(c) In 1941.
(d) In 1938.

13. How long does Zvi sit with his friend?
(a) Until his friend falls asleep.
(b) For a few moments.
(c) A week.
(d) A couple of hours.

14. What does Zvi do more as the years go by?
(a) Forgets memories.
(b) Writes books.
(c) Coughs.
(d) Becomes depressed.

15. How many years have passed since the day that Leo remembers?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 40 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alma start doing the next day?

2. After whom is Alma Singer named?

3. What does Leo do after his heart attack?

4. Of what is Zvi Litvinoff the author?

5. After his cousin died, for how long did Leo run the business?

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