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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. As Misha moves his hand under Alma's shirt, what does she do?

2. Jacob Marcus sends a response. What does Alma do with this letter?

3. What does Alma do when she locks herself in the bathroom?

4. What does Alma ask her mother about Alma?

5. What does Leo find when he goes up to Bruno's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charlotte and Alma deal with David's death?

2. What takes place that affects Misha and Alma's friendship?

3. How does Alma meet Misha? What does she share with Misha?

4. How does this part of the chapter suggest that Bruno had feelings for Alma as well?

5. What does Zvi read to Rosa?

6. What does Bird tell Alma about the lamed vovniks?

7. For what does Leo Gursky sign up? What does Bruno think about this?

8. Why is Leo surprised to see a copy of his book? How does this make him feel?

9. What does Alma do when Jacob Marcus sends a response to her letter?

10. Why does Zvi's friend not show up to meet him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

One theme is about surviving after a loss.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) How do the various characters survive after a loss? Are they able to overcome their grief? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might you survive after a loss? Is there a character whose way of grieving you can understand the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Leo, Zvi, and Bruno are all from the same town.

Part 1) From what town are they? How is this significant?

Part 2) What else do they have in common? How does this influence the plot of this story?

Part 3) Compare their lives after their separation and various departures from this town. How have their lives changed? How have their lives continued to be similar?

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