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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Siegfried do as a result of the dream?
(a) Decides not to take an upcoming trip to the United States on an airplane.
(b) Buys a dog.
(c) Hires a lawyer.
(d) Buys a gun.

2. Why does Matthias not pursue the course of training he had started?
(a) He became ill.
(b) He discovered he like dentistry better.
(c) It did not suit him.
(d) He realized he did not have the mathematical aptitude.

3. What does Trudi say about Hanna's father?
(a) That he is often seen at the home of a young secretary.
(b) That he is often seen at the home of a wealthy widow.
(c) That he is not native to Italy.
(d) That he almost married a woman who was closer to his age.

4. About what does Siegfried start feeling better?
(a) His dream.
(b) The tenuous nature of life.
(c) The prospect of marriage.
(d) His last job which is almost complete.

5. What is Klara watching when she remembers the end of the war?
(a) Her children playing in the yard.
(b) A movie on television.
(c) The potato delivery.
(d) Her mother knitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the doctors at the hospital attempt to do?

2. What does Hanna's father do with Oma?

3. Where does the baby die?

4. When do Hanna and her mother go off to swim?

5. What reassurance does the mother receive?

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