View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leo sits in front of the typewriter and thinks about who?
(a) Alma.
(b) His friends.
(c) His son.
(d) All the family members he has lost over the years.

2. When Leo gives the man his name, what does the man think?
(a) Leo is crazy.
(b) Leo is joking.
(c) Leo is lying.
(d) Leo is mad.

3. What is her response to Leo's letter?
(a) Zvi is too ill to respond but is happy to hear Leo is still alive.
(b) Zvi does not believe Leo is alive.
(c) Zvi wants no contact with Leo.
(d) Zvi has just passed away.

4. What happens the day the rain stops?
(a) Alma tells Bird to take apart the ark.
(b) The firemen take down Bird's ark.
(c) Bird takes down the ark.
(d) Charlotte has the ark destroyed.

5. On Zvi's last morning in Poland, what does he watch his friend do?
(a) Leave in a bus.
(b) Join the Nazis.
(c) Disappear around the corner.
(d) Go into his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julian respond when Alma asks if he thinks David would have wanted Charlotte to fall in love again?

2. Where would Zvi eventually settle?

3. How does Zvi handle this sorrow?

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

5. What does Leo do when he calls the magazine's fiction department?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has Bird written in his journal?

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

5. What does Alma do when she arrives at the Municipal Archives? What happens when she goes to the City Clerk's office?

6. Why does Bird pretend to be sick?

7. What does Alma do on Saturday morning?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,105 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample