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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Michael get to his destination in Chapter 14?
(a) He hitches a ride to Schirmeck.
(b) He goes on a bicycle trip.
(c) He takes a train to Alsace.
(d) He flies.

2. What does Michael never do on the recordings?
(a) Read in French.
(b) Name the title of a book.
(c) Read in English.
(d) Make personal comments or address anyone.

3. What time of year does Michael revisit his destination from Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. How old is Michael's daughter when he and his wife divorce?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

5. What is the daughter like?
(a) Very rich.
(b) Very beautiful.
(c) Very sad and lonely.
(d) Very matter-of-fact.

6. What does Michael think Hanna smells like, while sitting with her on the bench?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A chid.
(c) Soap.
(d) Fresh flowers.

7. Where does Michael go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) He goes to visit Sophie.
(b) He goes to Auschwitz, a former concentration camp.
(c) He goes to visit his parents childhood home.
(d) He goes to Struthof, a former concentration camp.

8. What does Michael notice about Hanna's subsequent notes?
(a) She writes him love letters.
(b) The handwriting changes.
(c) The handwriting stays the same.
(d) She writes him angry letters.

9. What is Michael doing when he gets married?
(a) Working for his father.
(b) Working for his professor.
(c) Working as a clerk.
(d) Working as a hospital orderly.

10. What has Michael noticed about Hanna's voice at the end of Part 3, Chapter 9?
(a) It has stayed young.
(b) It is harsh and ragged.
(c) It sounds like music.
(d) She is barely audible.

11. What time of year is it in Chapter 3, Part 3?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

12. According to the prison warden, once Hanna learned to read, what did she request?
(a) Books about law.
(b) Literature on concentration camps.
(c) Plays by Shakespeare.
(d) Greek classics.

13. What is one area of Michael's specialty?
(a) Psychology of criminals.
(b) Divorce law.
(c) Law of the Third Reich.
(d) Pediatrics.

14. What familiar feeling does Michael get again in Part 3, Chapter 9?
(a) That he is a fool.
(b) That he is in love with Hanna.
(c) That he is numb.
(d) That he has betrayed Hanna and owes her.

15. In Part 2, Chapter 14, who says "executioners don't hate the people they execute, and they execute them all the same"?
(a) The driver to Schirmeck.
(b) Hanna.
(c) The conductor on the train to Alsace.
(d) Michael's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?

2. What does Michael discover amongst Hanna's newspaper clippings?

3. How does Hanna address Michael?

4. What does Michael say that illiteracy is?

5. What does Michael feel upon reading the note?

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