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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Hanna tell to Michael in Chapter 11?
(a) She tells him she cannot read.
(b) She tells him she never saw a note.
(c) She tells him she does not work as a streetcar conductor.
(d) She tells him she doesn't love him.

2. What does Hanna do to Michael when he returns to their hotel room in Chapter 11?
(a) She leaves him at the hotel.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She kicks him.
(d) She hits him with a leather belt.

3. On the night Michael cooks dinner for Hanna, in what room does he find her lingering?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) His bedroom.
(c) His father's study.
(d) His parent's bedroom.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 13, the trials move to a new location. Where does the trial take place?
(a) London.
(b) Israel.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

5. What is Frau Schmitz's first name?
(a) Hanna.
(b) Heidi.
(c) Sara.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator after he takes a bath?

2. Where does Michael see Hanna again, in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. What does Michael feel upon seeing Hanna again?

4. What causes Hanna to say she wrote the report?

5. What is one of the narrator's first memories of childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened the night the church was bombed, as explained in Chapter 8,

2. Describe the bicycle trip that Michael and Hanna take during Michael's Easter vacation.

3. Describe Michael's feelings about his last years in school and his first years in university, as he relates them in Part 2, Chapter 1.

4. Describe the encounter between Frau Schmitz and the narrator in Chapter 6.

5. What does Michael do in the weeks after he and Hanna have their first fight?

6. At the end of Chapter 11, what are the comparisons Michael makes to his predicament with the trial?

7. Describe Michael's daydreams from Chapter 13.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 4, how does Michael compare the trial to being a prisoner in a death camp?

9. Describe the only time Michael sees Hanna by chance, in Chapter 16.

10. Describe the Frau Schmitz's apartment.

(see the answer keys)

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