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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Immers have a habit of doing concerning his pastime?
(a) Trying to breed new colors of roses.
(b) Trying to teach his cats to do things on command.
(c) Brushing his dogs constantly.
(d) Weeding out the violets he considered as weaker stock.

2. Where was Hans-Jurgen staying?
(a) The closed ferry terminal.
(b) The abandoned flour mill.
(c) The old cemetary.
(d) The library basement.

3. What does Veronika think she is doing by her actions?
(a) Keeping Hanna from becoming a spoiled brat.
(b) Saving Hanna.
(c) Helping the students become outstanding.
(d) Keeping Hanna from getting fat.

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

5. How does Hanna think she might get to town one day when she is at the river?
(a) Riding behind her older cousin's motorcycle.
(b) Being towed behind a barge.
(c) Riding in a friend's rowboat.
(d) Swimming along the bank and taking breaks now and again.

6. How old is Hanna when her mother dies?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

7. What is found recently by the police?
(a) The gun which is the murder weapon.
(b) A bloody knife.
(c) Hans-Jurgen.
(d) Some bones.

8. What does Hanna scheme for a while after Karin gives birth?
(a) Adopting the baby.
(b) Working with children in a nursery.
(c) Going with Karin to another country.
(d) Having her own baby.

9. From what does Veronika think she is invulnerable?
(a) The students' rebelling.
(b) Hanna's mother's censure.
(c) The principal's ire.
(d) The poison.

10. Where do Hanna and Renate go many times?
(a) The lake.
(b) The abandoned flour mill.
(c) The closed ferry landing.
(d) The old quarry.

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

12. What is the pastor forced to do concerning the new man in town?
(a) Report him to the local authorities.
(b) Fire him from his teaching position.
(c) Forbid him to court his sister.
(d) Help him out financially.

13. About what does Hanna think when she gets back to shore?
(a) Her dead infant brother.
(b) Her mother's picture she has on her dresser.
(c) Her mother and her swimming together.
(d) Her mother's paintings.

14. Where does Immers spend most of his time?
(a) In his room.
(b) Various places.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the park.

15. When does he notice this about Hannelore?
(a) At a party at Hanna's home.
(b) At a dinner at the rectory.
(c) At choir practice.
(d) At a church social at the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hanna and her mother once get to a fancy restaurant?

2. What does Immers try to give more space in which to grow?

3. What does Manfred's father keep begging of his wife?

4. Why is a search organized in the town?

5. What does Manfred's father ask his wife when he returns from a bar after holding Manfred out the window?

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