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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened on New Year's Eve, 1952?
(a) Manfred's father left his family and was never heard from again.
(b) Manfred's mother killed herself with drugs.
(c) Manfred's father hanged himself.
(d) Manfred's brother died in an accident.

2. What do Hanna and Renate decide to do?
(a) Go swimming in a storm.
(b) Ask permission to skip school one day.
(c) Try to find Hans-Jurgen.
(d) Skip school without permission.

3. Who is Veronika?
(a) Trudi's housekeeper.
(b) Hanna's mother's friend.
(c) The new school teacher.
(d) Hanna's nanny.

4. What does Hanna decide to do where she goes?
(a) Look to see where the murderer slept.
(b) Grab a barge chain and ride down the river.
(c) Look up books on death.
(d) Chip out a statue of her mother's face.

5. How is Hannelore Beier described?
(a) Talkative.
(b) Quiet and unobtrusive.
(c) Surly.
(d) Shy.

6. Of what does Hanna's father assure Hanna?
(a) He will always love Hanna.
(b) He will never forget her mother.
(c) Hanna's mother is in a better place.
(d) He will remember to always consult Hanna about their life.

7. What upsets Hanna about six months after her mother dies?
(a) Her father begins dating.
(b) Her father wants to send her to live with her aunt.
(c) Her father sends her to stay with her grandparents for a while.
(d) Her father seems to not grieve her mother.

8. What career does the pastor's sister give up?
(a) Social worker.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Teacher.

9. Why does the pastor's sister give up her career?
(a) To care for her brother.
(b) She learns she is not patient with children.
(c) She is blinded in an accident.
(d) To get married.

10. What does Hanna think about her mother being?
(a) Unique.
(b) Calm.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Sometimes mean.

11. What do people say about what Immers does after the incident?
(a) Perhaps someone decided he was of weaker stock.
(b) They can hardly believe he apologized.
(c) The new house is much inferior to the old one.
(d) Immers' action was a bit extreme.

12. What precipitates Manfred's father's death?
(a) His son trips and pushes him out the window.
(b) The cops are banging on the door.
(c) His wife pushes him.
(d) The chair slips.

13. What is it about Hanna's mother's personality that causes her death?
(a) Her inattention.
(b) Her recklessness.
(c) Her carelessness.
(d) Her depression.

14. Who molests Karin?
(a) Karin's grandfather.
(b) No one.
(c) Hanna's grandfather.
(d) The principal at the school.

15. Why is a search organized in the town?
(a) A stranger has grabbed a child.
(b) A toddler wandered off into the woods.
(c) A farmer's prize cow has wandered off.
(d) Rolf does not come home that night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they ask at the restaurant?

2. Where do Hanna and Renate go many times?

3. What was Anton Immers' occupation?

4. Where does Immers spend most of his time?

5. How does Manfred's mother react as his father dies?

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