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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. Why does Zvi add this last chapter?

2. Years earlier, what does Leo do when he finds out what kind of typewriter Isaac uses?

3. What has Leo lost?

4. Why is Bird mad at Alma?

5. What does Zvi do before he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Zvi do when the war ends?

5. What has Bird written in his journal?

6. Describe Zvi and Rosa courtship.

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

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

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

10. What happens when Uncle Julian leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Isaac is Leo's son.

Part 1) How is this discovered? What foreshadows this discovery?

Part 2) Does Isaac know he is Leo's son? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do various clues discovered throughout this story related to what Isaac might know about Leo affect Leo? Why?

Part 4) How does Leo feel about never knowing his son? How does he handle Isaac's death?

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