The Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael say he couldn't "make himself do"?

2. What does Michael's wife say about his choice of job?

3. To whom does Michael give Hanna's money?

4. What is Michael's daughter's name?

5. What job does Michael eventually take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael dream about on the train from Boston to New York, on the way to visit the daughter from the trial?

2. Of Hanna's possessions, what does the daughter decide to keep, and why?

3. What does Michael receive at the beginning of Chapter 6, and why does this cause him great joy?

4. What does the prison warden tell Michael about Hanna and her time in prison?

5. Although Michael is happy, why does he also feel sorry for Hanna?

6. What does Michael do with his own writing?

7. Describe the prison warden, and the exchange she and Michael have when Michael comes to the prison and finds out Hanna has committed suicide.

8. What does Michael decide to do after he and Gertrud separate in Chapter 5?

9. How do the Michael's feelings about the trial become "awakened" in Chapter 3?

10. What happens when Michael goes to talk to the judge in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel Michael mentions the images of Hanna that stay with him, like a "mental projector." Give examples of some of the images that Michael mentions, and describe why those images might stay with him. Why might the author include this visual imagery, and what does it symbolize in the context of the relationship between Hanna and Michael?

Essay Topic 2

When Michael begins to read aloud to Hanna, it starts out as an intimate activity. Give examples as to how this activity strengthens their relationship. Compare and contrast how Michael feels about reading aloud to Hanna in the early stages of their relationship to the later stages. What has changed?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the trial, Michael talks about the feelings of numbness that overcome him. In Part 2, Chapter 4, Michael uses an analogy to convey his numbed feeling; a "hand pinching an arm numbed by an injection". Why might the author use this analogy? Why does Michael liken his feelings to those of another person, under anesthesia? How does this allow Michael to be active, but also removed from the novel?

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